Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner

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Confessions of a Snake Eater

August 9th, 2012 · Comments Off on Confessions of a Snake Eater

An in-depth perusal of the Sword Swallowing Hall of Fame led me to this gem of Victorian non-fiction—an anonymous first-person account of a life spent shoving dangerous objects down one’s gullet. Our storyteller’s most curious pursuit involves the ingestion of a reptile with which our species has a complicated relationship: I was the second one […]

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