Cannibal in Manhattan

by Tama Janowitz

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517566249
• ISBN13: 9780517566244
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

outstanding - great satorical unsights

great book and take on the NY citi social scene from the point of an outsider, in this case a genuine cannibal "straight off" the dark jungles of Africa. Anyone not appreciating this book as no sense of satire or humor and I hope not to ever meet such a drab. Great entertainment.

Fun for the beach!

Cannibal in Manhattan is a comedy of manners masterpiece. Even without the keen social observations, the story would be carried by the amusing, improbable and adorable voice of the cannibal narrator. Tama Janowitz's wacky charm reminds me of Patrick Dennis, the semi-forgotten author of Auntie Mame. She's never meanspirited or condescending as she sends up human foibles. Three cheers for this unpretentiously funny little gem.