{"product_id":"decomposition-book-original","title":"Decomposition Book (Original)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A slippery page-turner that's as profoundly beautiful as it is totally unhinged. Wickedly funny, brutally honest, wildly charming, and wholly original. An absolutely electric debut.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Rachel Harrison, \n\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003cem\u003ePlay Nice\u003c\/em\u003e and \n\u003cem\u003eSo Thirsty\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fans of \n\u003cem\u003eYellowjackets \u003c\/em\u003ewill eat up this queer, psychologically chaotic tale. A decadently bizarre novel for fans of queer survival stories.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Intense, irreverent, surprising, raw. I relished every minute of Sara van Os's debut and--heart in mouth--will be coming back for more.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Natalia Theodoridou, author of \n\u003cem\u003eSour Cherry\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Van Os's equally eerie and tender first novel is a smart and off-kilter exploration of survival and queer intimacy... Van Os skillfully captures the rising panic of getting lost in the woods, calling to mind survival horror like \n\u003cem\u003eThe Blair Witch Project\u003c\/em\u003e and \n\u003cem\u003eYellowjackets\u003c\/em\u003e, while her gloopy, visceral descriptions of decay are reminiscent of the kind of bodily unease relished by Ottessa Moshfegh... This is sure to win van Os many fans.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Raw and heartrending, \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e will seduce you with its tender yet terrifying love story. Horror fans will delight at the gruesome premise while other readers will be enchanted by van Os's deft prose and poignant emotional arcs. This is a masterclass in horror.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Kylie Lee Baker, author of \n\u003cem\u003eBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Told with delicious humor and surprising grace, \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e is a compulsively readable story of courage, of desire, of unrelenting love, and of what is left when one's humanity is stripped away--whether by loss, obsession, or rot. A marvelously strange novel, both unprecedented and unforgettable.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Kerry Cullen, author of \n\u003cem\u003eHouse of Beth \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I'm obsessed. Sara van Os's narrative voice is so compelling and unique, I was eager to follow it to every deranged, dark place it wanted to take me. Unrelentingly entertaining, \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e is a wild ride you don't want to miss.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Tatiana Schlote-Bonne, author of \n\u003cem\u003eThe Mean Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Funny, poignant, and grotesque, \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e is impossible to put down. In two tragic love stories, Sara van Os pulls back the skin of her characters to reveal the humanity beneath--bugs and all.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Maggie Su, author of \n\u003cem\u003eBlob: A Love Story\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cem\u003eSwiss Army Man\u003c\/em\u003e meets \n\u003cem\u003eYellowjackets\u003c\/em\u003e in this gorgeous and grotesque debut. Weird, haunting, funny, deranged, and disorienting, \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e delivers an unforgettable story with one of the most captivating narrative voices I've read in a while. A pitch-dark delight.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Megan Collins, author of \n\u003cem\u003eCross My Heart\u003c\/em\u003e and \n\u003cem\u003eThe Family Plot\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You wouldn't think a tale about a woman's rotting corpse could be so irreverent, darkly funny, poignant, and heartfelt. \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e shows that Sara van Os is one to watch, with this outrageously readable \n\u003cem\u003eYellowjackets\u003c\/em\u003e-inflected lost-in-the-wilderness horror story.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Ally Wilkes, author of \n\u003cem\u003eAll the White Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"So sharply written and darkly funny, this is going to be one of my favourite reads of the year--I'm already recommending it to everyone!\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Lisa Hall, author of \n\u003cem\u003eThe Woman in the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At once tender, brutal, and beautifully bizarre, \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e is an unmissable tale of isolation and homecoming that will bring you back to life.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Tobi Coventry, author of \n\u003cem\u003eHe's the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gripping and inventive, \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e confronts what it is possible to endure for love.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e is disturbingly relatable, expertly weaving lighthearted moments with heavier themes.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cem\u003eThe Express\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Come for the weird, stay for the weird. This book's unique concept ramps up page after page and when you're done with it you'll think to yourself, 'What the hell did I just read? Can I read it again?'\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Debutiful \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"van Os excels at finding beauty within the macabre. She walks the line between horror and heart with the finesse of a mortician's scalpel.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Macabre Daily \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[T]here is a deeply intimate feel to \n\u003cem\u003eDecomposition Book\u003c\/em\u003e. This is in turns a body horror thriller, a coming out and coming of age novel filled with queer longing, an examination of a debilitating invisible mental illness, and a young woman's attempt at moving on from a trauma that she does not want to let define her.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cem\u003eReactor\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[E]xactly the kind of feral, emotionally devastating, and wonderfully unhinged nightmare that I live for. It's part survival horror, part weird girl fiction, part mental health spiral, part ghostly sapphic horrormance, and just 100% queer perfection.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cem\u003eGrimdark Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[E]ngrossing...wild and unhinged and occasionally messy and gory... Great themes of mental health, toxic friendship, and how we heal.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cem\u003eSouthern Bookseller Review\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's a profoundly human story about imaginary connection that a psychiatrist could label with cautions but somehow comes through anyway... This is my first favourite new book of the year.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--The Nameless Zine \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"A slippery page-turner that's as profoundly beautiful as it is totally unhinged.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Rachel Harrison, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003ePlay Nice\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSo Thirsty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"Intense, irreverent, surprising, raw.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Natalia Theodoridou, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSour Cherry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn emotional, electrifying, and darkly hilarious debut about a woman who finds a dead body and can't give up its ghost, for fans of Mona Awad, \u003cem\u003eYellowjackets\u003c\/em\u003e, and weird girl fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eSpiraling from a disastrous falling-out with her best friend, Savannah retreats to her parents' empty lake house in upstate New York to tend her wounds. Isolated and reeling from rejection, she spends her days in a fog, drinking and overthinking in equal worrisome measure. Until she wakes up one morning in the woods behind the house--next to a dead body. \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eInstead of calling the police, Savannah reads the journal she finds nearby, reliving the last desperate months of this woman's life lost in the wilderness, fighting for survival. Ava, as it turns out, is more than just a cold, lonely corpse. She was funny. She was smart. And Savannah has finally found someone she can talk to... \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAs she pushes deeper into Ava's harrowing story, Savannah notices a change, a shift in her reality. Each page brings her closer to the Ava from the journal...and the ghost before her now. Before long, Savannah feels something for Ava she hasn't felt for anyone else--and there's a good chance letting go would haunt her for the rest of her life. \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIs Savannah finally losing her grip? Or has she found the friend she's needed all along?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/02\/2026 (EAN 9781335001894, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781335001894, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781335001894, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eVan Os, Sara\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSara van Os is a Mexican-American decomposition nerd who lives in Harlem with her wife and two cats. 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