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Country Canada Publication date 2014 Pages 308 Originally published 2014 Page count 308 Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons | 3.1/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-4165-9614-1 Genre Horror fiction Cover artist Chip Kidd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Consumed is the first novel by the Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor David Cronenberg. The novel is driven by a globe trotting, photojournalist couple, that pursue stories featuring rather unusual people. Towards the end of the novel, the photojournalist protagonists become peripheral and the objects of the photojournalists interest come to the fore.
Reviews
Cronenberg's novel has been compared to Burroughs, Ballard and DeLillo. The books was reviewed in The New York Times and The Guardian. It was also reviewed by Hannah McGill of Independent.
According to WorldCat, the book is held in 622 libraries.
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