{"product_id":"nothing-tastes-as-good-a-novel","title":"Nothing Tastes as Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eHe finally got the body he wanted.\u003cbr\u003e Now he's hungry for something worse.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sharp, honest, unflinching, horrifying, \u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good\u003c\/i\u003e is a distinctly American nightmare and it's Luke Dumas's best book yet.\" --Paul Tremblay, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe finally got the body he wanted. Now he's hungry for something worse. The 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 \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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesperate 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnfortunately, Obexity comes with some killer side effects, including lost stretches of time and overwhelming cravings. Soon his old tormentors start disappearing, and the police warn of a killer on the loose. Emmett 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 a human being? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A deliciously mean romp of a novel that eviscerates America's skinny obsession\" (Sarah Langan, author of \u003ci\u003eTrad Wife)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNothing Tastes as Good\u003c\/i\u003e combines the body horror and social commentary of \u003ci\u003eThe Substance\u003c\/i\u003e with the best of Stephen King.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56090884997442,"sku":"9781668068410","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/2930\/3106\/files\/9781668068410-cover-d3cad33cbeffa0065534.jpg?v=1788560312","url":"https:\/\/longdarkhouse.sbs\/products\/nothing-tastes-as-good-a-novel","provider":"Long Dark House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}