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The sharp and hilarious second book in THE SAVAGES series about an everyday family with some not-so-everyday problems…
Vegan, veggie, carnivore… humanitarian? Welcome to the top of the food chain.
The Savages are back – this time in a country where servings come supersized. Titus, Angelica and the kids go to great lengths to fit into their new lives in sunny Florida. But that’s not easy when their appetite runs to feasts of human flesh.
In this dark comic serving of everyday family life with contemporary cannibals, the Savages seek to hide in plain sight by setting up a vegan café. But when the venture turns out to be a surprise sensation, and bad apples bob to the surface, Titus is forced to question whether the family have finally bitten off more than they can chew.
Editore : Hot Key Books (5 giugno 2014)
Lingua : Inglese
Copertina flessibile : 288 pagine
ISBN-10 : 1471400697
ISBN-13 : 978-1471400698
Peso articolo : 1,05 Kilograms
Dimensioni : 12.9 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm
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It helps to have read The Savages first, but stands on its own. The siege of Leningrad did happen, incidentally. A quibble I might raise, is the British author having Americans use British idiom, such as “you can count on our custom.” I still get the impression the author is intelligent.
This book picks up where the The Savages left off. The Savages have fled the UK and ended up in the USA.The premise is similar to the first one but even more so. In The Savages the problem was that the daughter in the cannibalistic family was having vegeterian thoughts. This time round it is the family’s sort-of adopted daughter wanting to start up a vegan restaurant, but then you have to factor in a Russian gangster, the aging grandfather’s attempts to convert his equally aging girlfriend to the family diet, and the teenage son’s attempts to tackle school bullying by resorting to biological warfare.All these ingredients come together to make a fantastic darkly comic farce that is so good I forgot that it is supposed to be for ‘young adults’.
IF you have read the first book you will know the premise of this continuing storyline. It hits the ground running, quick explanation of how the family have re-invented themselves and how some are struggling while others have settled in nicely. This moves quickly with the plot line and is upfront given the taboo subject without an gore whatsoever.It’s dark, yes – but this author has not fallen into the mistake that his readership has not grown up in real time and will put up with him pussyfooting around the subject matter instead of treating them with intelligence and assuming they know what the set up is. An excellent read, quick moving, intelligent and entertaining.
This is a one of a kind book, I have never read anything else like it. There is only one book I have read that left me with a completely satisfying sequel and that is the savages, this book is totally worth reading.
Doesn’t quite match the charm and thrill of the first installment, but American Savage is an entertaining sequel.4 stars !!!