Eaters of the Dead
Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters
Kevin J Wetmore Jr
Reaktion Books 2021
Hb, 276pp, £16, ISBN 9781789144444
As Kevin Wetmore notes, cannibalism is “fascinating and vastly entertaining”. Any book on the subject will contain something to get your teeth into. Wetmore offers an ambitious global “buffet of corpse-eaters” in history, tradition, popular culture and art. Not every dish is filling, but there’s enough to keep you coming back
