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Going Bovine is the story of sixteen year old Cameron Smith who, after experiencing hallucinations and strange instances of losing control of his limbs, gets diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob. Specifically, the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy variant. Otherwise known as Mad Cow Disease – a fatal virus that eats holes in your brain, turning it into sponge. RightContinue reading “Going Bovine by Libba Bray”