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Cannibalism

Brian Marriner

1992268 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1992
first published
  • 1992Arrow Books · 268 pages · ENGISBN 9780099140818
  • 2011Penguin Random House · ENGISBN 9781446492949
  • 1992Diane Pub Co · 268 pages · ENGISBN 9780756773625
  • 1997Senate · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9781859584958

In this gruesome yet compelling study, Brain Marriner charts a journey through the dark depths of the human psyche, tracing cannibalism from its prehistoric roots to the present day. From the Aztecs who ritually sacrificed and devoured their enemies to shipwreck survivors who ate the cabin boy; from the Japanese student who shot his girlfriends and sliced her thinly to eat raw, to the horrific murders committed by Jeffrey Dahmer and Andrei Chikatilo. Drawing on historical evidence and recent criminal cases, Marriner's chilling catalogue of human flesh-eaters takes us to the frontiers of real-life horror...

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