“HAGEMANN MIGHT BE THE BEST HORROR WRITER IN AMERICA.” —Daniel Kraus, author of Whalefall and Angel Down
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“HAGEMANN MIGHT BE THE BEST HORROR WRITER IN AMERICA.” —Daniel Kraus, author of Whalefall and Angel Down ★
From the Author: A modern retelling of Marie Antoinette's reign as the queen of France, set in Austin, Texas. Instead of marrying her daughter off to King Louis, Resa Habsburg sells Mary Toni to a pseudo-religious torture-happy sex cult in exchange for a TV contract.
What Critics Are Saying: “Mother-Eating gleefully penetrates and butchers all you thought was possible in fiction. It is a literary impalement. Perverted, shocking, and unprecedented. Jess Hagemann is one of the most singular and distinct voices I’ve encountered since first reading authors like William S. Burroughs and Georges Bataille. There is no literary equivalent to this raw, uncompromising masterpiece. It truly exists in its own superior class.”
—Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
From a Reader: “Mother-Eating is one of the most diabolical and unsettling retellings I have ever had the privilege to read. The documentary style the book is written in was utter perfection. I love me a good cult story. I was completely engrossed from start to finish.”