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This is one of Masterton's best, but if you're easily offended or disgusted I do not recommend it, especially if cannibalism disgusts you. He takes a whole disgusting new spin on cannabalism here that I don't think ANY book has before. I love this author, but sometimes after reading his books I feel I would not want to meet him in a dark alley, because he actually sat there and thought up these hideous ideas. But if you have a strong stomach and love bold, original horror, pick this one up. I'm actually surprised the publisher let him get away with some of the graphic, grotesque (even for Masterton) scenes in here without censoring them. Heck, maybe this IS the censored version. Now there's a frightening thought. But aside from the horror, it's just a great story--I read this book all in one sitting, stayed up all night because I HAD to know what happened next. The very last part is sort of a copout, as a typical cliche "twist" ending, it makes you feel he was in a hurry and couldn't come up with any other way to end the book. But I still give it 5 stars for the brass you-know-whats he has to write something this disgusting. It's like a grisly car accident that you can't look away from--and I mean that as a GOOD thing...

If u want to read about a woman with no legs and no arms haveing people help her carve out meat from her body, cheeks, stomch,etc. and help her eat it in order to be accepted in heaven, read on. But for real it wasn't as disgusting. I like it a lot!!! I even still remember the smell of rosemary associated with it(read it and u wil understand)

While I wouldn't go so far as to compare the writing to great Horror writers, but it was easy to read and quite fun. The main character, Charlie, really grows on you quickly. I thought the plot was very interesting. I initially thought it was just another cannibal horror story but that it was not. I really enjoyed the story here although I do have to admit I rolled my eyes a bit at the ending with a big smile.

Restaurant critic Charles McLean and his teenage son Martin are traveling around Connecticut. Charles is reviewing restaurants, and Martin is bored. They discover Le Reposoir in Allen's Corners, a restaurant that Charles has never heard of and is eager to review. He becomes even more eager when he discovers it is private, by invitation only and there seems to be no way to get an invitation. Meanwhile Martin has been talking to a mysterious dwarf, and he runs away one night while his father is otherwise occupied. Charles is frantic to discover what has become of his son, but somehow nobody believes him that Martin is missing. Charles uncovers a connection to Le Reposoir, and demands to see his son. Le Reposoir isn't just a restaurant, its a religion, and the devotees of this religion consume their own flesh unto death in preperation for meeting God. Martin has joined and doesn't want to leave. Will he eat himself to meet God? Or will Charles save him? Time is running out.

I read this book at least ten years ago and have been very confused since because it doesn't appear as one of Graham Masterton's previous books in the front pages of his other titles. I don't know why it is being hidden from the public eye, but if you like well written occult fiction, find and read this book!

Masterton's novel, which I read with great relish, but also the sickly malaise one experiences when confronted with such aberrant behavior, lingers in my mind as perhaps the most disturbing of all the horror novels I have read. I've plowed through about 2/3 of Stephen King and about 1/3 of Dean Koontz' respective bodies of work and this one really redlined the freakmeter for me like none before. Read this amazing book for a great treatment of the pitfalls of blind faith and the depths of depravity often reached by the upper classes .