"[A] phantasmagoria of extreme violence, death, sex, bestiality, self-surgery, torture, and a really, really, really bad mother-son relationship, all of which takes what the marquis de Sade did and pushes it down the road a little farther. Stokoe is an able craftsman, which makes the content all the more horrifying as he blasts through boundaries and finds increasingly twisted ways of making readers squirm."--Publishers Weekly"Stokoe's vision of Hell is a carnivore's nightmare. A powerful and all too possibly prophetic work."--Kathy Acker"Beautifully written and deeply gripping, this is a great read. I'm already looking forward to the next one from Matthew Stokoe."--Michael Connelly, author of Nine Dragons, on Empty MileMother's corpse in bits, dead dog on the roof, girlfriend in a coma, baby nailed to the wall, and a hundred tons of homicidal beef stampeding through the subway system. And Steven thought the slaughterhouse was bad . . .Matthew Stokoe was born in England and presently divides his time between Sydney and northern California. He is the author of the groundbreaking novels High Life and Empty Mile, and he is internationally regarded as one of the most daring and innovative writers working today.