K. Anis Ahmed's novel "Carnivore" follows Kash, a restaurateur struggling with debt in New York City. Kash enters the exotic meat business, catering to a secretive club of billionaires called The Miners Club, hoping to pay off his debts. The story explores Kash's immigrant identity, contrasting his struggles in Queens with childhood memories in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and his fascination with meat rooted in his Muslim identity, particularly an Eid ox slaughter.