Esther, the Butcher: A Novel

Already an international sensation, this brilliantly grotesque, hauntingly surreal, and instantly gripping literary debut features one of the most intense voices of recent fiction: a young woman whose love for animal butchery is matched only by her desire to have a baby

All day, Esther slaughters. It’s the only job she’s ever done; it’s the only job she wants to do.

For Esther, life i...