In this nightmarish novel, awarded the Clarín Prize in 2017, cannibalism becomes legal in most parts of the world due to a virus that infects humans through animals, causing their death.

Governments decide to exterminate animals to address the crisis, but the larger issue is that humans need animal protein. Over time, some society members start consuming its weaker members, prompting governments to legalize the breeding of genetically modified "human livestock" to fill the gap left by animals, thus reviving the meat industry.

Do humans still possess any humanity when they burn their dead to prevent grave violation and corpse consumption? In this harsh dystopia, Agustina Bazterrica presents a contemporary literary masterpiece about how humans consume each other, literally and metaphorically, in a work that shocks the reader on every page.