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Within this book by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, a harmless aged monk concentrates to some potential novice’s story of carnivorous surplus, and depravity, assault while a pleasant small household drama—in which almost everybody dies—unfurls. But in this story of poor water, well-defined hatchets, and a rustic WWII mortar, we can’t help but chuckle. Similar to the books of dim experts of Western absurdism like Günter Grass, Witold Gombrowicz, or Jakov Lind, Mo Yan’s Bang! Is just a witty masterpiece. In this weird run through the Chinese countryside, the writer treats us to a cornucopia of prepared pet flesh—ostrich, camel, donkey, dog, in addition to the more prevalent types.