Set in 1979 in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest, Kea Wilson’s daring, dazzlingly written first novel pans between the perspectives of very different characters locked on a collision course. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. This reading group guide for We Eat Our Own includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. This “gripping, ambitious…vivid, scary novel” ( Publishers Weekly) is a thrilling journey behind the scenes of a shocking film and a thoughtful commentary on violence and its repercussions. The actor thought this would be a role that would change his life.

Entrepreneurial Americans, international drug traffickers, and M-19 guerillas are all fighting for South America’s future-and the groups aren’t as distinct as you might think.

The air is so wet that the celluloid film disintegrates.īut what the actor doesn’t realize is that the greatest threat might be the town itself, and the mysterious shadow economy that powers this remote jungle outpost. The production team seems headed for a breakdown. He’s replacing another actor who quit after seeing the script-a script the director now claims doesn’t exist.

When a nameless, struggling actor in 1970s New York gets the call that an enigmatic director wants him for an art film set in the Amazon, he doesn’t hesitate: he flies to South America, no questions asked. A “canny, funny, impressively detailed debut novel” ( The New York Times) that blurs the lines between life and art with the story of a film director’s unthinkable experiment in the Amazon jungle.

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