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Animal Wrongs

door Stephen Spotte

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In a medieval French courtroom, animals are put on trial for "crimes" against mankind and must rely on preposterous legal diatribes by a court-appointed lawyer to defend them--great for fans of Umberto Eco, Edward Carey, and Amor Towles. Historical fiction has never been more uproarious as master storyteller Stephen Spotte unleashes this wild tale of opposing attorneys battling to defend or prosecute accused animals--including a rat and a pig--facing penalties of being hanged or burned alive at the stake: Think Willard meets The Name of the Rose. Based on actual court records, Spotte captures the wit and bluster of the era, where courtrooms were packed with cheering and heckling spectators in ever-more opaque, convoluted, and dilatory trials. By the end of this novel, Spotte uses his critically-acclaimed storytelling skills to explore still-relevant theories on legal precedent, the church vs. the state, mankind's place in nature, and animal rights. Hilarious insights into pride, greed, and some of the most bizarre court trials in the history of the world. "Spotte is a master storyteller," says Library Journal and in ANIMAL WRONGS, this acclaimed author is at his peak.… (meer)

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The prose was engaging, but the action just didn't move fast enough to keep my interest. (

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reenum | Apr 11, 2022 |

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I received this through Librarything Early Reviewers. For me, this is a complicated review to write because it's a complicated book. The main character is called to a medieval French Ecclesiastical courtroom. He has been summoned by the bishop to be the defense attorney for the defendants in three trials, rats in the area, who are accused of crimes against humanity, mainly eating all the barley in the fields and in the city storehouses, a pig who eats a baby, and a man accused of being a werewolf. What follows are trials that, if the charges were against a human, would seem cruel and archaic today but against animals it is comically absurd. It is also very clever and witty. I really enjoyed the arguments.The main target seemed to be religion and how it forms public beliefs. But it was very slow going for me and I got bogged down in tedious arguments. I applaud the author, a marine biologist, for learning so much about the law. interesting book. (

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Oregonreader | Nov 3, 2021 |

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Animal Wrongs by Stephen Spotte was awarded to me through LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I googled animal trials in middle ages and, it really did happen. Animals were tried and even convicted of crimes, such as murder, beastiality, and other crimes, The absurdity of these trials questions the philosophy behind the modern criminal justice system. Capitol punishment, for instance. I thought it was well written and very persuasive. All-in-all, well worth reading, entertaining and, subtly, thought provoking. (

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thosgpetri | Oct 24, 2021 |

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This was an advanced reader's copy provided by the publisher via LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. Whacky is a difficult genre and humor is a tricky business. Putting animals on trial is absurd. Once you've surrendered, you can start to appreciate this book on its own merits as a bit of a mix of the Canterbury Tales and Tom Jones - embellished by bawdy asides and elements of your typical picaresque novel. While I know little about medieval literature or history, this strikes me as a book that does not rely on the education of its readers. True to form its comedic thrusts take aim at some more modern targets - so more along the lines of the droll /satirical rather than the laugh out loud funny. All that said, I have to say the book would probably be found to be more interesting by someone with some knowledge of medieval history. (

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dbsovereign | Oct 9, 2021 |

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This was not what I was expecting--a sharp humorous satire on medieval law with the protagonist acting as defense attorney to a rat, pig, and a man thought to be a werewolf. The prosecutor was a demon, who had once in real life been a noted lawyer. Each case was more and more bizarre and the story consisted of long-winded minutiae and digressions. The humor was artificial. I felt the author was forcing himself to be funny. I was tempted to abandon the novel, but I did skim to the end. On the whole, I rate the novel as mediocre. (

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janerawoof | Oct 7, 2021 |

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In a medieval French courtroom, animals are put on trial for "crimes" against mankind and must rely on preposterous legal diatribes by a court-appointed lawyer to defend them--great for fans of Umberto Eco, Edward Carey, and Amor Towles. Historical fiction has never been more uproarious as master storyteller Stephen Spotte unleashes this wild tale of opposing attorneys battling to defend or prosecute accused animals--including a rat and a pig--facing penalties of being hanged or burned alive at the stake: Think Willard meets The Name of the Rose. Based on actual court records, Spotte captures the wit and bluster of the era, where courtrooms were packed with cheering and heckling spectators in ever-more opaque, convoluted, and dilatory trials. By the end of this novel, Spotte uses his critically-acclaimed storytelling skills to explore still-relevant theories on legal precedent, the church vs. the state, mankind's place in nature, and animal rights. Hilarious insights into pride, greed, and some of the most bizarre court trials in the history of the world. "Spotte is a master storyteller," says Library Journal and in ANIMAL WRONGS, this acclaimed author is at his peak.

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