Consumed (novel)
 First edition cover | |
| Author | David Cronenberg |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Chip Kidd |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 308 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4165-9614-1 |
| OCLC | 862347743 |
Consumed is the first novel by the Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor David Cronenberg.[1]
Premise
The novel is driven by a globe-trotting, photojournalist French couple in their sixties that pursue stories featuring rather unusual people.[1]
Reception
Cronenberg's novel has been compared to Burroughs, Ballard and DeLillo.[2] The book was reviewed in The New York Times,[3] The Guardian[1] and The Independent.[4]
The Guardian wrote the book had "similarly queasy appeal" to Cronenberg's films and was an "utterly depraved tale of sex, technology, and conspiracy."[1]
Stephen King called the book an "eye-opened dazzler" and "as troubling, sinister, and enthralling as his films."[5] Viggo Mortensen said the book had the "scope and poetic exactitude of Nabokov's best work" and had the power to "unsettle, disarm, and...make the reader absolutely complicit."[5]
According to WorldCat, the book is held in 622 libraries.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Poole, Steven (8 October 2014). "Consumed by David Cronenberg review – body horror and techno lust in director's debut novel". The Guardian.
- ↑ Litt, Toby (6 November 2014). "David Cronenberg's first novel is so good, he should ditch his day job". New Statesman. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ↑ Lethem, Jonathan (26 September 2014). "All Atwitter: 'Consumed,' by David Cronenberg". The New York Times.
- ↑ Hannah McGill. "Consumed by David Cronenberg, book review: The sunny side of geeky perverts". Independent. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- 1 2 Cronenberg, David (September 30, 2014). Consumed. Scribner. ISBN 978-1416596134.
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