Horsemen of the Esophagus
By Jason Fagone
By Jason Fagone
Category: Food Memoir & Travel | Travel Writing
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Jun 06, 2006 | ISBN 9780307347152
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Praise
"Jason Fagone’s Horsemen of the Esophagus is an inspired, hilarious and–more than occasionally–frightening look at the uniquely American phenomenon of competitive eating. As the grilled cheeses, the chili, and the oysters disappear down the hatch at a shocking rate, Fagone redefines the phrase fast food and finds in competitive eating a not-entirely-reassuring metaphor for American life. When it’s over, you’ll want to buy everyone in the book a bottle of Pepto Bismol, and you’ll never look at a hot dog the same way again." —Warren St. John, author of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
"This is a rapacious, capacious and almost insane tale. I love Jason Fagone for recognizing that eating contests make for excellent drama, and I love him for having the tenacity to explore his topic as deeply as he does here, and with such glimmering prose. And as a former speed-eating champion myself (I won a pie-eating contest in high school, beating out a young man who later became a Navy SEAL), I devoured every word." —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Last American Man (an NBCC finalist) and Eat, Pray, Love
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