"Finally, someone who gets it!"
--Giant magazine

"Smart and enlivening...A bloody fine riposte to those who would censor with clouded hindsight and muddy reasoning."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Schechter makes an engaging argument for the bloodthirsty tastes of our ancestors... entertaining, provocative... a treat for literate readers who can't register for the professor's classes."
--Publisher's Weekly

Harold Schechter will be interviewed on the USA Radio Network (taping 3/8)

In Addition to:

• Washington Post Book World--review (date tk)
• Salon.com--feature length review (date tk)
• "Midday w/ Mike McConnell," WLW-AM Cincinnati (ABC Affiliate/50,000 Watts)--3/4
• "Louisiana Live," The Louisiana Network--3/4
• Wisconsin Public Radio, "Conversations w/ Joy Cardin"--3/15
  

SAVAGE PASTIMES will be featured in a sidebar in Entertainment Weekly (on stands Friday 2/11). Jacket art and quotes from Schechter's argument will be included.

Reviewed in Giant magazine (Feb/March issue):  B+ rating, "Finally, someone who gets it!"

Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW: "...smart and enlivening...A bloody fine riposte to those who would censor with clouded hindsight and muddy reasoning."

Publisher's Weekly: "Schechter makes an argument for the bloodthirsty tastes of our ancestors...entertaining, provacative...a treat for literate readers..."

Booklist: "...this history and its copious pictorial record make for great browsing as well as straight reading..."