“It is the story of an Italian masseur who, enshrined in his villa at the foot of the Alps, near the castle of the long-dead Baron Racalli, is subjected to occult influences, of the forest, of the ancient East….” ∼ Brendan Connell
BRENDAN CONNELL was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1970. He has had fiction published in numerous places, including McSweeney’s, Adbusters, and the World Fantasy Award winning anthologies Leviathan 3 (The Ministry of Whimsy 2002), and Strange Tales (Tartarus Press 2003). His works of fiction include Unpleasant Tales (Eibonvale Press, 2013), The Architect (PS Publishing, 2012), Lives of Notorious Cooks (Chômu Press, 2012), Miss Homicide Plays the Flute (Eibonvale Press, 2013), Cannibals of West Papua (Zagava, 2015), Jottings from a Far Away Place (Snuggly Books, 2015), and Against the Grain Again: The Further Adventures of Des Esseintes (Tartarus Press, 2021).
As editor he has worked on various projects, including The Neo-Decadent Cookbook (Eibonvale Press, 2020), which was co-edited by Justin Isis.
Standard hardcover edition of 230 copies, thread-stitched and lithographically printed in Italy on a fine 140 g/m Italian rough ivory paper with raspberry-colored Sirio endpapers. The cover is printed on a rough-finished Italian kraft-style paper made from cotton and recycled fibres, with a dustjacket printed on a 250 g/m sesame-colored felt-marked kraft paper.
Limited to 230 copies. 168 pages.
ISBN-13: 978-1-64525-160-6
Size: 242mm x 166mm (9.52 x 6.53 inches)
Printed in Italy, 2024
