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Nothing Tastes As Good

A twisted body horror novel from the award-winning author

Luke Dumas author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Canelo

Publishing:2nd Jul '26

£9.99

This title is due to be published on 2nd July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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'A staggeringly honest exploration of how shame, cruelty and the hunger for acceptance can make us feel sub-human. Visceral and vicious, horrifying, unflinching and unputdownable' RACHEL HARRISONYou'd kill to look this good...

Over three hundred pounds, Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California mould of six-pack, suntanned masculinity. He's tried every diet under the sun but still he remains stuck in his dead-end job, in love and in his body.

But then he discovers a brand-new, untested weight loss product called Obexity. Desperate for a change, Emmett signs up to the clinical trials and soon he's shedding pounds at superhuman speed.

With the weight loss comes a new lease on life. He gets promoted. He finds the perfect boyfriend. And people finally treat him like he's human. But he's still hungry for more. And the monster lurking inside of him is desperate to come out

A deliciously dark horror novel for fans of Monika Kim, Chelsea G. Summers and Jane Flett.

Praise for Luke Dumas

'Nothing Tastes As Good is gripping, funny, angry, heartbreaking, urgent, honest, unsparing, and more than a little terrifying' Nat Cassidy

'Clever, twisty... left me thrilled and looking over my shoulder' Paul Tremblay

'Evocative and provocative... thrilled me and moved me and thrilled me some more' A. J. Finn

'Haunting... I consumed this breathlessly' Megan Collins

ISBN: 9781835985052

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm

Weight: unknown

320 pages