Tarrare was a French showman in the late 18th century with an appetite that defied science. He could eat a quarter of a cow in a single day and still be hungry. He swallowed stones, live cats, corks, and baskets of apples. "The Bottomless Stomach" tells the gruesome and tragic true story of the man with the most extreme case of polyphagia (insatiable hunger) ever recorded.The book follows his life from being kicked out by his parents to becoming a street performer and eventually a spy for the French Revolutionary Army. Generals realized his unique talent: he could swallow a metal box...
Tarrare was a French showman in the late 18th century with an appetite that defied science. He could eat a quarter of a cow in a single day and still ...
