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As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is As Meat Loves Salt about?

A sensational tale of obsession and murder from a wonderful writer. With her first book, As Meat Loves Salt, Maria McCann joins a small, esteemed company of writers -- Umberto Eco and Gore Vidal among them -- whose historical novels are meticulously researched, politically acute, and rattling good reads.Set in the 17th century, during the English civil war, As Meat Loves Salt follows the misadventures of Jacob, born a gentleman but raised a servant, whose overdeveloped sense of personal dignity leads him from one crisis to another. When the book opens, he is already a murderer. Within a hundred pages he becomes a rapist and a thief. All this is perfect training for a military career, and Jacob soon finds himself in Cromwell's New Model army and in thrall to a charismatic man named Ferris. "It was all pre-ordained," says Jacob later, when the men have deserted together, "there had never been a place where I could have leapt free of the net." Rich with period detail, multilayered, and erotic, this is a big, delicious novel with a hint of crunchy intellection. Expect a lost weekend.‘An outstanding novel, fresh and unusual [with] all the dirt, stink, rasp and flavour of the time.’ -Dai

Who reads As Meat Loves Salt?

Author

Maria McCann

Publisher

Flamingo

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780007394449

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, History

Rating

3.89 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14