Eating Animals is a riveting exposé that presents the gut-wrenching truth about the price paid by the environment, the government, the Third World, and the animals themselves to put meat on our tables more quickly and conveniently than ever before. Interweaving a variety of monologues and balancing humor and suspense with informed rationalism, Eating Animals is as much a novelistic account of an intellectual journey as it is a fresh and open look at the ethical debate around meat-eating. Unlike most other books on the subject, Eating Animals also explores the possibilities for those who do eat meat to do so more responsibly, making this an important book not just for vegetarians, but for anyone who is concerned about the ramifications and significance of their chosen lifestyle.