A Cannibal in Manhattan

A Cannibal in Manhattan

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Mgungu Yabba Mgungu is living happily on the South Sea island of New Burnt Norton with his three wives, one hundred pigs and assorted children, the last remaining members of the tribe of the Lesser Pimbas. Into this uncivilised land comes Maria Fishburn, strange and beautiful heiress, who decides to marry Mgungu and drag him back to New York City. From his first encounter...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published November 4th 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (first published 1990)
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Walt
I enjoyed the book immensely. It's a social satire about the collecting of exotic people by the self-absorbed. I've seen similar disastrous relationships among people I have known who decided to pluck someone out his element and treat him like an exotic specimen all the while expecting them to immediately function in sophisticated society. Boredom and tears usually ensue on the part of the collector. In addition, it is a spot on satire of the '80s New York art scene that I was once a part of. We...more
Jonathan
I had just finished reading this when I met Tama Janowitz and I was totally in love with her. Really funny book, have to get a copy with photos as they really add to the story.
Moira Russell
Really awful. After reading one novel and one book of short stories I gave up on her no matter how many reviews she got.
Lili
Oct 19, 2009 Lili rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone who likes social satire.
This is one of my favorites to read and re-read. It's social commentary that's sometimes laugh-out-loud funny.
Randolph Carter
A terrible book. A waste of time to read. Stupid premise and even worse execution.
Fabi
I LOVE this book. It is quirky, hilarious and twisted. Tama Janowitz is a master storyteller.
Kyrea
...lost interest after 50 pages....the satire was lame!
Rogerlene
Fantastic and funny...good read.
Tim
Aug 31, 2012 Tim added it
Silly.
Kelly
I really did not think this was a good book. It started out as fast paced. It had an intresting concept, but at the end there was too many things that kept happening to cannibal when the book should have just ended.
Clint
Pretty funny book about a purple-skinned island dude who was framed for a murder but really did eat some of the victim unintentionally. Cannibalism is always funny.
Alvin
The juxtaposition of an entirely civilized south seas Cannibal with the savagery of the downtown art scene never fails to produce laugh out loud results.
Fthomas
not one of my favorites, seemed a little too scattered, not as cohesive as her prvious books
Alexis Payne
May 30, 2013 Alexis Payne marked it as to-read
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Tama Janowitz is an American novelist and a short story writer. The 2005 September/October issue of Pages magazine listed her as one of the four "brat pack" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis, Mark Lindquist and Jay McInerney.

Born in San Francisco, California to a psychiatrist father and literature professor mother who divorced when she was ten, Janowitz moved to the East Coast of the United St...more
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