{"product_id":"nothing-tastes-as-good","title":"Nothing Tastes as Good","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\" \n\u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good\u003c\/i\u003e is both a riveting novel and a commentary on our society's view of obesity, painting a poignant picture of Emmett's struggles as a fat person.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Gory, a touch campy, and superbly well timed for the current cultural moment.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e --Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"I absolutely devoured Luke Dumas's new nightmare and have zero regrets. Nothing tastes as good as a Bachman book in overdrive--think \n\u003ci\u003eThinner \u003c\/i\u003efor our modern medical times--where you burn through the pages faster than you can flip them.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Clay McLeod Chapman, author of\u003ci\u003e Wake Up and Open Your Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A deliciously mean romp of a novel that eviscerates America's skinny obsession, using its sharpest canines. A true delight that shines insight on what it's like to be fat in a world obsessed with Instagram perfection.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Langan, author of \u003ci\u003eGood Neighbors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Better World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Deeply unsettling, complex, and visceral. \n\u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good\u003c\/i\u003e is a grotesque body horror that perfectly encapsulates the destructive pitfalls of our modern Ozempic era. It's a book that will eat away at you with every page, leaving you hungry for more.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Liann Zhang, internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eJulie Chan Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The recipe for Luke Dumas's savory new novel: the bones of a thriller, the juice of a satire, and the meat of . . . well, I wouldn't dare give away the secret ingredient. Season with Stephen King, garland with pepper-black comedy, and sink your teeth in. \n\u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good \u003c\/i\u003eis feverish and frightening (Dumas, one of today's most inventive novelists, also ranks amongst our most fearless), but it's unexpectedly moving, too: a book that forces us to assess how we assess--how we judge and diminish and make jokes, sport, even targets of others; how we reduce people like a sauce, dispose of them like leftovers. It's horrific yet humane, lurid but longing, part thriller and part cautionary tale and altogether delectable.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--A.J. Finn, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnd of Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Luke Dumas has served up something truly special here. Nothing Tastes as Good is gripping, funny, angry, heartbreaking, urgent, honest, unsparing, and more than a little terrifying. A must-read for anyone with body issues--which is to say, anyone with a body.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eNat Cassidy, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhen the Wolf Comes Home\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLuke Dumas is the \n\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of four horror and thriller novels including \n\u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eA History of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e. His bestselling novel \n\u003ci\u003eThe Paleontologist \u003c\/i\u003ewon an ITW Thriller Award, and his short fiction has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Big Bad Book of Kaiju\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eDread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. A nonprofit professional, he worked for five years in the zoological field for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and Brevard Zoo. He lives in San Diego, California, with his dogs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A staggeringly honest exploration of how shame, cruelty and the hunger for acceptance can make us feel sub-human. Visceral and vicious, horrifying and heart-wrenching, unflinching and unputdownable. Pulling no punches, this is the quintessential novel about the horrors of fatphobia, weight loss, and diet culture.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eRachel Harrison, \u003ci\u003eNew York TImes \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePlay Nice\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e So Thirsty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Luke Dumas takes aim at culture's fitness and image obsession, one that demonizes whoever isn't the capitalism-stamped-and-approved size and shape. Sharp, honest, unflinching, horrifying, \n\u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good\u003c\/i\u003e is a distinctly American nightmare and it's Luke Dumas's best book yet.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Paul Tremblay, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Nothing Tastes as Good \u003c\/i\u003eas a violently visceral and emotionally raw horror novel like this one. Luke Dumas puts fatphobia under the biomedical microscope and blows it up to monstrous proportions.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Brian McAuley, USA Today bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBreathe In, Bleed Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A searing, blisteringly aggressive critique of identity, queerness, and weight loss, this book shocked me and brutalized me in equal measure. \n\u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good\u003c\/i\u003e reminded me of when I watched \n\u003ci\u003eThe Substance\u003c\/i\u003e for the very first time. I was enthralled, disgusted, and deeply moved.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e--Eric LaRocca, author of \u003ci\u003eThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHe finally got the body he wanted. Now he's hungry for something worse.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe nationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paleontologist \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA History of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with terrifying side effects.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRetail worker Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California mold of six-pack, suntanned masculinity. Over three hundred pounds, he carries the weight of his childhood trauma and millennial ennui around his waist and in his soul. After trying every diet under the sun, he remains stuck--in his dead-end job, in love, and in his body. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Desperate for help, he enrolls in a clinical trial for a new weight loss product called Obexity. The treatment is as horrifying as the results are miraculous and as Emmett sheds pounds at superhuman speed, every part of his life improves overnight. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unfortunately, Obexity comes with some killer side effects, including lost stretches of time and overwhelming cravings. Worse, people who were cruel to him have started disappearing and when the police warn of a cannibalistic killer on the loose, he fears that Obexity is turning him into a monster. But how can he give it up now that people are finally starting to treat him like he's human? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nerve-racking, sinister, and at times surreal, \n\u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good\u003c\/i\u003e is an unputdownable thriller that combines the body horror and social commentary of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Substance\u003c\/i\u003e with the best of Stephen King and keeps you guessing until the final page.\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\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781668068410, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/19\/2026 (EAN 9781668068410, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781668068410, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eDumas, Luke\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLuke Dumas is the \n\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of four horror and thriller novels including \n\u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eA History of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e. 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