As Meat Loves Salt (Harvest Original)
by Maria McCann

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Book Review: "...if it doesn't come back, hunt it down and kill it!"
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a story about two men who find each other in Stuart England as soldiers in the New Model Army during the violent civil wars of the mid-17th century. Narrated in the first person by Jacob, the bloody, chaotic and hardy atmosphere of the time is deftly recreated. The details about food, clothing, war preparations, the use of servants, printing, agriculture, life in London, in the war field and in the country, to name only some of the subjects, are finely drawn and heat this story to the boiling point. Jacob is essentially a violent, self-serving and evil person, but we are drawn into his heart and mind, and are made to feel compassion for his confusion, his misunderstood love, and his loneliness, as well as admiration for his strength and his intelligence. Maria McCann has created an overwhelming characterization which, despite his dire actions, I adored. Jacob could well be the author of the twisted sentiment "if you love something let it go, if it doesn't come back, hunt it down and kill it!" which I once saw written on a t-shirt. To describe the plot would be to destroy the pleasure in reading this book, being a true page-turner, the discovery of what will happen is the point.

The story is grand and panoramic, but I began to weary of its length, like attending a meal which is too rich to enjoy in full. However, just as I was beginning to flag, I was drawn in completely by its bitter, explosive and heartrending conclusion.

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