Every Twelve Seconds

A fascinating, gut-wrenching study-but absolutely not for the weak of stomach. -Kirkus Reviews * Kirkus Reviews * The book is superbly written, especially given the grimness of the subject. -Mark Bittman, The New York Times, Opinionator column -- Mark Bittman * The New York Times * A lucid writer, Pachirat excels in explaining how a slaughterhouse works. -Ted Conover, The Nation -- Ted Conover * The Nation * Pachirat's extraordinary narrative tells us about much more than abused animals and degraded workers. It opens our eyes to the kind of society in which we live. -Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation -- Peter Singer Pachirat's extraordinary narrative tells us about much more than abused animals and degraded workers. It opens our eyes to the kind of society in which we live. -Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation You may not want to know what happens behind the walls of a modern slaughterhouse; but Pachirat's extraordinary narrative tells us about much more than abused animals and degraded workers. It opens our eyes to the kind of society in which we live. -Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation A truly stunning achievement. Every Twelve Seconds takes us into the slaughterhouse and asks: Why do we work so hard to conceal the daily routine of industrialized killing? The result is a masterpiece that is as sophisticated as it is hard to put down. -Steve Striffler, author of Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food By far the most thorough and immersive accounting of slaughterhouse operations in contemporary agribusiness. -Erik Marcus, author of Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, & Money Pachirat's prose and tone are readable, horrific, and compelling. The documentary spell it casts recalls the steady, unflinching eye of Orwell's Road to Wigan Pier. Astonishing. -John Bowe, author of Nobodies: Slave Labor in Modern America and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy