# How to Make a Monster

- Source: Foreign Policy
- Published: 2026-10-23T18:00:22+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/23/field-notes-extinction-eoghan-walls-review-ireland-great-famine-auks/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/how-to-make-a-monster-dbe563/

What a novel about Ireland’s last great auks reveals about xenophobia today.

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