{"product_id":"what-the-forest-devours-9780008727147","title":"What the Forest Devours","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Shocking… violence, motherhood and death in the jungle' Mariana Enríquez, author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenedicta has given birth, over and over. But she will never be a mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenedicta lives with her mother, her sister and her many children on a hacienda surrounded by dense rainforest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jungle is a hungry god: it allows them to live safely away from a ruthless world of guerrillas and drug traffickers, but at a terrible price. Its voracity is never-ending, and those who live under its control must offer up their children in a sacrificial cycle powered by blood and madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day Romina, a pregnant sex worker from the nearest town, emerges from the rainforest. Will she be the one to break the cycle?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrutal, powerful and deeply unsettling, this Caribbean gothic fable about motherhood and the female body is a truly unique and unforgettable novel, from a writer at the peak of her powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Elaine Vilar Madruga\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Horror \u0026amp; ghost stories, Myth \u0026amp; legend told as fiction, Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 Sep 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elaine Vilar Madruga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320812052858,"sku":"9780008727147","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780008727147.jpg?v=1790662559","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-the-forest-devours-9780008727147","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}