David Demchuk

An eerie and evocative Victorian-set horror thriller about how a well-meaning butcher’s daughter from London’s Whitechapel grew up to become the baker who stuffed her pies with the flesh of Sweeney Todd’s victims. Perfect for fans of Clare Whitfield, Jess Kidd and Ambrose Parry. “You want to know the true tale of the wicked woman, the murdering monster, what baked the pies that she filled with the bits of her victims? The talk of London Town. I will tell you what you want to know, if it be the last that I do tell. And it may well be.”Enclosed herewith: the hitherto untold story of Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd’s infamous partner in crime—a bloodcurdling correspondence of profound horror and intrigue. London, England, 1887: At the abandoned apartment of a missing young woman, a dossier of evidence is collected and sent to the Chief Inspector of the London Police for review. It contains a curious correspondence between an inquisitive journalist, Miss Emily Gibson, and the woman Gibson thinks may be the infamous Mrs. Lovett—Sweeney Todd’s accomplice, who baked men into pies and sold them in her pie shop on Fleet Street. Rumours have swirled about Mrs. Lovett since the disappearance of hundreds of unwitting men decades ago—but is it actually Lovett, even if the suspected woman swears against it? As the woman relays the harrowing account of her life—from her upbringing on Butcher’s Row in the unruly and perilous streets of Victorian London to her daring escape from a mad doctor—the correspondence unlocks an intricate mystery that brings Miss Gibson closer to the truth, even as that truth may cost her dearly.

An eerie and evocative Victorian-set horror thriller about how a well-meaning butcher's daughter from London's Whitechapel grew up to become the baker who stuffed her pies with the flesh of Sweeney Todd's victims. Perfect for fans of Clare Whitfield, Jess Kidd and Ambrose Parry. Includes original Victorian pie recipes. "You want to know the true tale of the wicked woman, the murdering monster, what baked the pies that she filled with the bits of her victims? The talk of London Town. I will tell you what you want to know, if it be the last that I do tell. And it may well be."Enclosed herewith: the hitherto untold story of Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd's infamous partner in crime-a bloodcurdling correspondence of profound horror and intrigue. London, England, 1887: At the abandoned apartment of a missing young woman, a dossier of evidence is collected and sent to the Chief Inspector of the London Police for review. It contains a curious correspondence between an inquisitive journalist, Miss Emily Gibson, and the woman Gibson thinks may be the infamous Mrs. Lovett-Sweeney Todd's accomplice, who baked men into pies and sold them in her pie shop on Fleet Street. Rumours have swirled about Mrs. Lovett since the disappearance of hundreds of unwitting men decades ago-but is it actually Lovett, even if the suspected woman swears against it? As the woman relays the harrowing account of her life-from her upbringing on Butcher's Row in the unruly and perilous streets of Victorian London to her daring escape from a mad doctor-the correspondence unlocks an intricate mystery that brings Miss Gibson closer to the truth, even as that truth may cost her dearly.

Z torontské gay komunity mizí muži. Jsou to lidé na okraji společnosti, zranitelní. Jeden po druhém po sobě zanechávají malé skupinky zmatených a vyděšených přátel. Na pozadí homofobie v průběhu desetiletí, od HIV/AIDS krize a nepokojů až po gentrifikaci a policejní brutalitu čelí přeživší nečinnosti zákona a nezájmu společnosti. Ale jak pohřešovaných přibývá, pozůstalí si začínají uvědomovat, že ten, kdo nebo co tyto muže unáší, to dělá déle, než si lidé dovedou představit. Do příběhů zmizelých je vetkán osobní příběh Davida Demchuka, život prožitý ve strachu a v zajetí hrůzy. Když se snaží pochopit vztah mezi queer a hororem, střetávají se fakta s fikcí a realita se začíná rozplétat. X je druhým románem kanadského autora Davida Demchuka, ale prvním, kterým se prostřednictvím nakladatelství Golden Dog představuje českému čtenáři. David Demchuk je původně divadelním scenáristou, ale už svým debutem The Bone Mother (2017) ukázal, že je skvělým hororovým spisovatelem. Své mistrovství pak potvrzuje i románem X, skvělým spojením osobních zkušeností s hororovým příběhem, který se odehrává na pozadí vývoje vztahu k homosexualitě v Torontu.