{"product_id":"the-hungry-man-andreas-vogt-9798257957673","title":"The Hungry Man: The Medical Mystery of Tarrare's Insatiable AppetiteThe 18th-Century Frenchman with an Endless Hunger-and the Doctors Who Tried to Cur","description":"\u003cb\u003eHe ate enough for fifteen men. He was never full. And no\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eone could explain why.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParis, 1792. A skeletal young street performer arrives at a French Revolutionary Army camp and devours the daily rations of an entire company of soldiers in minutes. He is thin as a skeleton, burning with an unnatural heat, and radiating an odor that empties every room he enters.\u003cbr\u003eHis name is Tarrare. And what is wrong with him may never be fully explained. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the true, documented story of the most medically extraordinary human being in recorded history, a man who consumed live animals, swallowed sealed wooden boxes whole, and was deployed by French military intelligence as a spy because of the one thing his body could reliably do: hide objects no one else could hide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the meticulous firsthand records of Baron Pierre-François Percy, one of Europe's most respected military surgeons, this gripping narrative nonfiction takes you deep into the hospitals of Revolutionary Paris, the ethics of 18th-century medical experimentation, and a mystery that modern medicine has still not fully solved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you will discover\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e- The clinical truth behind Tarrare's impossible hunger, documented in controlled experiments that shocked the Parisian medical world\u003cbr\u003e- The failed spy mission that ended in a Prussian prison and a forced purgation\u003cbr\u003e- The darker accusations - stolen food, missing patients, the rumors that followed him to his grave\u003cbr\u003e- What modern endocrinology, neuroscience, and genetics say about what he may have had\u003cbr\u003e- Why two centuries of medical progress have still not produced a definitive diagnosis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart medical thriller, part human tragedy, part historical detective story - The Hungry Man is the book that finally gives the hungriest man in history the serious, unflinching examination he deserves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you've ever been fascinated by medical mysteries, Revolutionary France, or the stories that fall through the cracks of official history, this is the book you've been looking for.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andreas Vogt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798257957673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Andreas Vogt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172896710911,"sku":"9798257957673","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hungry-man-andreas-vogt-9798257957673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}