Kultusrežissööri David Cronenbergi esikromaan on intrigeeriv lugu kahest ajakirjanikust Naomist ja Nathanist, kes on üksteisele nii armukesed kui konkurendid. Naomi on süvenenud prantsuse filosoofide ja vabameelse seksuaalelu propageerijate Célestine ja Aristide Arosteguy juhtumi uurimisse. Célestine leiti oma Pariisi korterist mõrvatu ja moonutatuna. Aristide, keda kahlustatakse oma naise tapmises ja kehaosade söömises, on kadunud. Ekstsentrilise tudengi Hervé Blomqvisti vihjetele tuginedes...
Stylish and tech-obsessed, Naomi and Nathan are lovers and competitors. Nomadic freelancers in pursuit of sensation and depravity in the social media age, they encounter each other only in airport hotels and browser windows.Naomi is drawn to the headlines surrounding Célestine and Aristide Arosteguy, Marxist philosophers and sexual libertines. Célestine has been found dead and mutilated in her Paris apartment. Aristide, suspected of the killing, has disappeared. Her interest aroused, Naomi sets...
