Captain's Dinner
Adam Cohen, Authors Equity, Adrienne WestenfeldCome for the cannibalism, stay for the moral crisis. Official Companion to Captain's Dinner by Adam Cohen, on sale November 18, 2025.
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Praise for Captain's Dinner
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A Victorian-era cannibalism case poses a simple but profound question
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Author, Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, and Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History
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