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Tender Is the Flesh

THE RUNAWAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL SENSATION Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.

THE RUNAWAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL SENSATION Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.

Marcos arbeitet in der örtlichen Verarbeitungsanlage und ist im Geschäft des Schlachtens von Menschen tätig, obwohl niemand mehr so darüber spricht. Seine Frau hat ihn verlassen, sein Vater versinkt in Demenz, und Marcos versucht, nicht zu intensiv darüber nachzudenken, wie er seinen Lebensunterhalt verdient. Schliesslich ging alles so schnell. Zuerst wurde berichtet, dass ein ansteckendes Virus sämtliches Fleisch von Tieren für Menschen giftig gemacht hatte. Dann leiteten die Regierungen die Transition ein. Jetzt ist der Verzehr von Menschenfleisch, oder Sonderfleisch, legal. Marcos versucht, sich auf Zahlen, Lieferungen und Verarbeitung zu konzentrieren. Doch eines Tages erhält er ein Geschenk: ein lebendes Exemplar von bester Qualität. Obwohl ihm bewusst ist, dass jede Form von persönlichem Kontakt unter Androhung des Todes verboten ist, beginnt er nach und nach, sie wie einen Menschen zu behandeln. Bald wird er von dem quälen, was verloren gegangen ist und was vielleicht noch gerettet werden kann.