Consumed

A Novel

Mystery & Suspense, Technological, Fiction & Literature, Literary, Thrillers
Cover of the book Consumed by David Cronenberg, Scribner
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: David Cronenberg ISBN: 9781439100578
Publisher: Scribner Publication: September 30, 2014
Imprint: Scribner Language: English
Author: David Cronenberg
ISBN: 9781439100578
Publisher: Scribner
Publication: September 30, 2014
Imprint: Scribner
Language: English

“An eye-opening dazzler” (Stephen King) about a pair of globetrotting, gore-obsessed journalists whose entanglement in a French philosopher’s death becomes a surreal journey into global conspiracy from legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg.

Stylish and camera-obsessed, Naomi and Nathan thrive on the yellow journalism of the social-media age. Naomi finds herself drawn to the headlines surrounding a famous couple, Célestine and Aristide, Marxist philosophers and sexual libertines. Célestine has been found dead, and Aristide has disappeared. Police suspect him of killing her and consuming parts of her body. Yet Naomi sets off to find him, and as she delves deeper into the couple’s lives, she discovers the news story may only skim the surface of the disturbing acts they performed together.

Journalist Nathan, meanwhile, is in Budapest photographing the controversial work of an unlicensed surgeon named Zoltán Molnár, once sought by Interpol for organ trafficking. After sleeping with one of Molnár’s patients, Nathan contracts a rare STD called Roiphe’s and travels to Toronto, determined to meet the man who discovered the syndrome. Dr. Barry Roiphe, Nathan learns, now studies his own adult daughter, whose bizarre behavior masks a devastating secret.

These parallel narratives become entwined in a gripping, dreamlike plot that involves geopolitics, 3-D printing, North Korea, the Cannes Film Festival, cancer, and, in an incredible number of varieties, sex. Consumed is an exuberant, provocative debut novel from one of the world’s leading film directors, a writer of “fierce sculptural intensity” (Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review) who makes it “impossible to look away” (Publishers Weekly).

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

“An eye-opening dazzler” (Stephen King) about a pair of globetrotting, gore-obsessed journalists whose entanglement in a French philosopher’s death becomes a surreal journey into global conspiracy from legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg.

Stylish and camera-obsessed, Naomi and Nathan thrive on the yellow journalism of the social-media age. Naomi finds herself drawn to the headlines surrounding a famous couple, Célestine and Aristide, Marxist philosophers and sexual libertines. Célestine has been found dead, and Aristide has disappeared. Police suspect him of killing her and consuming parts of her body. Yet Naomi sets off to find him, and as she delves deeper into the couple’s lives, she discovers the news story may only skim the surface of the disturbing acts they performed together.

Journalist Nathan, meanwhile, is in Budapest photographing the controversial work of an unlicensed surgeon named Zoltán Molnár, once sought by Interpol for organ trafficking. After sleeping with one of Molnár’s patients, Nathan contracts a rare STD called Roiphe’s and travels to Toronto, determined to meet the man who discovered the syndrome. Dr. Barry Roiphe, Nathan learns, now studies his own adult daughter, whose bizarre behavior masks a devastating secret.

These parallel narratives become entwined in a gripping, dreamlike plot that involves geopolitics, 3-D printing, North Korea, the Cannes Film Festival, cancer, and, in an incredible number of varieties, sex. Consumed is an exuberant, provocative debut novel from one of the world’s leading film directors, a writer of “fierce sculptural intensity” (Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review) who makes it “impossible to look away” (Publishers Weekly).

More books from Scribner

Cover of the book The Lady Matador's Hotel by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book The Odyssey of Echo Company by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book Verão Perigoso [The Dangerous Summer] by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book Lucky by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book Dublin Dead by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book Shadows on the Ivy by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book Her Fearful Symmetry by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book Intimacy Idiot by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book The Regulators by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book The Billy Joel Essays by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book Racing the Rain by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book One Good Turn by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway by David Cronenberg
Cover of the book The Bookman's Wake by David Cronenberg
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy