End of Jewish History Auschwitz, the Holocaust And Palestine Book

I reallly reallly enjoyed this book. I picked it up at some sale garage, thrift, second hand, not really sure where but glad I did.

Take a very well accounted journey through cannibalism with the super dry but rather funny Reay Tannahill.

Tannahill's writing style reminds me very much of Mary Roach's who wrote books like STIFF and GULP among many other topics that have a rather taboo feel to them. I love Roach's voice because it is quite comedic in her delivery on topics like death. Tannahill shares closely the same sort of voice, a bit more dry and straightforward but def. has a tinge of humor.

When reading about heavier topics like cannibalism, I prefer to have a lighter tone and Tannahill has a great balance between giving you the information you need while keeping an entertaining pace. Some parts are a bit lacking in this regard but the whole book can't take on a complete comedic approach due to the author's desire to jampack the pages with quite a bit of knowledge and history.

All in all I really enjoyed the book and curious about her other writings. STIFF is what sold me on Mary Roach, and FLESH AND BLOOD will hopefully lead me down a fun nonfiction rabbit hole of other writings by Tannahill.