Consumed
Now in paperback, master director David Cronenberg's shocking, irresistibly inventive novel about love and the unthinkable limits of desire
In the book-filled, artfully messy Paris apartment of the famous French intellectuals Célestine and Aristide Arosteguy, an astonishing discovery is made. The grisly, butchered remains of Célestine are found--partially eaten--and her husband, sought by the police for questioning, has disappeared. Naomi Seberg, a young journalist, embarks upon a quest to uncover the truth of Célestine's death and Aristide's role in it, traveling to Tokyo to interview the suspected cannibal, while her boyfriend, Nathan Math, a medical journalist, seduces the cancer patient of a controversial Hungarian doctor, contracts a sexually transmitted disease, and traces the disease's famous discoverer to Forest Hill Village in…
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September 1, 2015
Frequently lauded as one of the world’s greatest and most influential directors, DAVID CRONENBERG has created works of cinematic art that have consistently earned him international critical accolades. His uniquely personal and deeply riveting body of work includes such films as Shivers, Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, NakedLunch, Crash, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises,A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis, and Maps to the Stars. He is an Officer in France’s Order of Arts and Letters and an Officer in the Order of Canada. In 1999, he was president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Consumed is his first novel.
