Orgie v chomoutu

by Carlton Mellick III, Milan Žáček (Translator)

Jste nezadaný mladý muž, který žije bohémským, až zhýralým životem. Uprostřed noci vám u dveří zazvoní dva policisté se zatykačem. Nechápete proč. Nevzpomínáte si, že byste se dopustili něčeho nekalého. Před vazbou vás může zachránit jediné – nechat se odvézt do vesnice v lese, kde už je všechno připraveno k svatbě, k vaší svatbě, a pojmout za manželku ženu, kterou vůbec nepoznáváte. Ona se těší, těší se i její početné prapodivné příbuzenstvo. Usmívají se, ale záhy začnou cenit zuby… které umějí pořádně kousat.

Carlton Mellick III, inspirován Procesem Franze Kafky, nabízí další ze svých groteskních dobrodružství, tentokrát s lehkým odkazem k románu Zbouchnul jsem Satanovu dceru (tajemná žena se znenadání přihlásí jako partnerka nic netušícího mladíka, který dosud vedl spokojený staromládenecký život) a povídce „Strašidelná vagina“ (bizarní výprava do končin, kam se člověk běžně nepodívá).

Orgie v chomoutu nejsou romantická komedie, jde spíš o vztahovou dystopickou noční můru rozebírající věci, z nichž leckterému muži bude tuhnout krev žilách.

Genres: Bizarro Fiction, Fiction, Horror

200 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 2012

About the author

Carlton Mellick III (July 2, 1977, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American author currently residing in Portland, Oregon. He calls his style of writing "avant-punk," and is currently one of the leading authors in the recent 'Bizarro' movement in underground literature[citation needed] with Steve Aylett, Chris Genoa and D. Harlan Wilson.

Mellick's work has been described as a combination of trashy schlock sci-fi/horror and postmodern literary art. His novels explore surreal versions of earth in contemporary society and imagined futures, commonly focusing on social absurdities and satire.

Carlton Mellick III started writing at the age of ten and completed twelve novels by the age of eighteen. Only one of these early novels, "Electric Jesus Corpse", ever made it to print.

He is best known for his first novel Satan Burger and its sequel Punk Land. Satan Burger was translated into Russian and published by Ultra Culture in 2005. It was part of a four book series called Brave New World, which also featured Virtual Light by William Gibson, City Come A Walkin by John Shirley, and Tea from an Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan.

In the late 90's, he formed a collective for offbeat authors which included D. Harlan Wilson, Kevin L. Donihe, Vincent Sakowski, among others, and the publishing company Eraserhead Press. This scene evolved into the Bizarro fiction movement in 2005.

In addition to writing, Mellick is an artist and musician.

Reviews

[Zain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Individuality Is Overrated…

Poor Little Moochy is seduced by an alien hybrid known as the Usagi.

After impregnating her, he is forced to marry her and sacrifice his life for the survival of the offspring.

It is the law.

Although he selfishly feels that sacrificing his life for the life of his future children is an act of selfishness, the law insists he marry her and “assimilate” his life with his new family.

Never before has the word assimilate seemed so sinister.

Four stars. 💫💫💫💫

[Misty Marie Harms · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Handsome Squirm is a reminder that sex can have repercussions. In a new society it is illegal to get a women or alien knocked up. You have two choices marry or go to prison for two decades. Our main character, Moochy the new poppa, has found himself in this position. He chooses option B and marries into the elusive Usagi tribe. Not quite human, Dokura is the expectant mother of 12. Pshh and you thought your mere one baby pregnancy was hard. After birth Moochy finds out he has to give all of himself for his children to thrive. Dokura has to consume him, every last drop.

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

'Oh, joy - I'm going to be a father!'

For this completely absurd, but wonderfully magical, piece of Mellick brilliance, just think...babies and families - rights and responsibilities.

Baby this, baby that, baby the other - yes, babies and children should always come first.
Or should they?

Well, in this surreal vision of a possible futuristic far-right, neo-christian society, which also embraces the little known Usagi people, the powers that be have decreed this to be the case and are prepared to stand by their principles - at all costs.

A single guy, who happens to be a book editor, finds out unceremoniously that he has accidentally impregnated one of the Usagi women after stopping off at a resting station during a long journey home. In this new world, where family values mean just about everything, this means marriage is a definite must, with the only other alternative being spending years and years languishing and rotting away in prison with the undesirables. The decision seems easy, but unfortunately there are unknown complications and consequences that should be given careful and serious consideration. What follows is his story were literally anything could happen.

A hilariously fun story which gives a refreshing new meaning to the phrase 'getting completely f@cked over'. Men of the world - take note...and be warned!

Highly recommended.

Rating: 4.8 'absorbingly' bright stars.

[Paul (Life In The Slow Lane) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The gynaecologist's nightmare


Um...err...gee...hmm. I'm kinda lost for words. LOL! CM3 has that effect on me.

[Jeremy Maddux · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was written for people like me, and I'll tell you why. In the introduction, Mellick bemoans the 'children first' moral initiative that plagues much of bourgeouis Middle America. That is, people give up large parts of their lives for the benefit of the children who will mostly squander it with time. Not to go off on a tangent, but it's pretty telling that 49% of pregnancies in the United States are accidental, unintended ones. Marx had it all wrong when he called religion the opiate of the masses. Sex is the opiate of the masses. Tangent over. The point is, Carlton created this dystopic vision of a book in order to drive the point home that perhaps we need to rethink this concept of always putting children first. When it comes to some things, we should be selfish. He looked around and realized that there were no books or films where a couple spoke like adults to one another and consensually decided that it was better to NOT have kids. Not only that, but there were no books or films where the couple was actually better off for having made this decision. I agree. Does the world really need any more children?

The blurb on the back cover describing The Handsome Squirm as a hybrid of Kafka's 'The Trial' and The Blob isn't far off at all. Just as Josef K is arrested in the middle of the night without any explanation, so too is our intrepid hero of The Handsome Squirm. He is a bit apathetic to the news and new government laws, so he doesn't realize how much the conservative right reformed the United States when it took over. In fact, it went full-on tyrant. Now, EVERYTHING is done for the sake of the children. Freedom of speech is nonexistent. Individuality is a distant memory.

The hero of the story is at a torturous crossroads where he must choose between eighteen years in jail or forced marriage to an Usagi (Asian/extraterrestrial hybrid). With forty minutes until midnight, he decides to take the marriage and is driven by police deep into the wilderness where his bride awaits. He gives up his finger for her to wear as jewelry (Usagi wedding custom) and has an imprint of her vagina branded on his skin. This is nothing. It is only after this that his real misfortunes start.

This is familiar territory for a Mellick story. Guy gets muscled into a sexual/marriage arrangement with a woman from a violent, alien culture, loses all independant thought and willpower, learns to tolerate it. But of all of Mellick's novels with this subversive undercurrent, I feel this is the shining example when Mellick's 'sex slave gender wars' trope succeeds.

And at the end, the hero is disposed of with all the cruelty and ennui we saw with Josef K in The Trial. Only he is not taken out 'like a dog'. He is taken out like an after-dinner garnish. As much as I loved this one, I cannot recommend highly enough one of his more recent 2013 offerings, Quicksand House, which I will forever consider Carlton Mellick's absolute magnum opus.

[Danger · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know where this particular novel saddles up with the rest of Mellick's oeuvre, insomuch as if this is considered a "landmark" work of his or not, but for me this story was near perfect. A Bizarro-horror descent into the throes of socially-defined domesticity, the entire novel maintained that perfect balance of gross-to-enlightening-to-terrifying that this author seems to do so well. Beautiful and sad and disgusting and weird as all hell, if you're a Mellick fan, this one should be considered a can't-miss book.

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

What would you do if you found yourself living in a world where family values trumped the rights of the individual? A society where you're fined for swearing in public, it is illegal to divorce if there are children involved, all media has to be 'safe' for the entire family, and women are not allowed to have children outside of marriage. Moochy (or so his mother likes to call him) finds himself in a predicament with one of these laws when police show up to arrest him for not showing up to his court-mandated wedding. Apparently he has impregnated a woman, therefore, he is now required by law to marry her or serve 18 years in prison. And this is no ordinary woman...her name is Dokura, and she is part of a group called the Usagi. She has glowing blue eyes, shows no emotion of any kind, and oh, she wants to slowly digest him to feed the litter of babies she is carrying. Now he must figure out a way to escape before he ceases to exist, but it seems that he has the world working against him, including his own mother.

This is a more simplistic plot than what I am used to from CM3, but that is not to say that it is a lesser work. From page 1, he grabs the reader and doesn't let go. The first third to half of the book is totally riveting as you follow his rushed journey into a world of over-sexed women, who have little to no concern for the male species. You end of feeling as trapped as the poor man who is being held captive. The later part of the book slows down a bit as you spend day after day with a man that is slowly being consumed, hoping, as he does, that he will find a way out. This part of the book isn't any less interesting, just a change of pacing in the story.

This isn't just a bizarro book about some strange society of people that consume their males for baby food. It brings up important issues concerning where our society is headed in the new age of individual rights suffering for the betterment and safety of the whole. CM3 is making a statement on the views of what is usually touted from the religious and political right. Ultimately what this book touches upon is how these types of standards are not far off in our society today.

If you like dystopian novels with suspense and women with multiple breasts, then this is the book for you. So read 'The Handsome Squirm,' and be consumed by its pages.

[Uptown Horror Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had interesting social commentary, covering topics like ultra-conservatism, parenthood and maybe even abortion (I'd have to think about it some more), but the story itself didn't draw me in the way other Mellick books did.

[Milan Raška · Rating 5 out of 5]

V šíleném světě, kde za nedostavení se na svatbu, hrozí vězění, si hlavní postava vezme dívku, se kterou po náhodném sexu čeká dítě. Nic není ale tak, jak se zdá a následky jsou hrozivé. Velice povedené.

[Tara Losacano · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐

[Jaroslava Česnohlídková · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5*

[Dutchess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm still giving this a positive review, but I think I would've enjoyed it far more if I had not so recently read The Cannibals of Candyland. Both novels have a very similar premise of an ordinary guy essentially being turned into a sex slave by a woman whose culture is very different from our own. There is far more commentary in this novel than the Candyland book, even though the commentary does nothing other than validate my own world views. But obviously I don't read Carlton's books for their cerebral merit.

"Deciding against having kids is almost taboo in our culture, especially for a woman or married couple. — taken from the author's note

So, some of the aforementioned commentary is about children, abortion, parenthood, and all that. In 2012, when the book was published, this probably rang quite true, but times have changed. More and more young people are choosing not to have children for one reason or another. I'm not sure if the masses are willing to read a book about some guy getting jerked off by his soon-to-be alien sister-in-law while at the altar of his wedding, while simultaneously getting his finger bitten off by his bride as a display of loyalty to her—but the theme of (not) choosing to have children could resonate with more people nowadays.

I've read enough of his books now that I'm starting to see the origins of his ideas, at least some of them. There's some dialogue on page 132 that I think Carlton expanded upon in Hungry Bug, published two years after this. There's also the hard-to-miss unbirth shit going on established in The Haunted Vagina (or maybe even earlier), which he also expanded upon in this volume. And I think by the final page he had planted the seed for the premise of Bio Melt, published one year after this, which is one of my favorite Carlton books.

Far from being his best work, but his creativity cannot be denied.

[Zuzana Schedová · Rating 4 out of 5]

Občas překvapím i sama sebe. Na tuto knihu jsem dostala tip od člověka, který o ní tak nadšeně mluvil, že i když jsem věděla, že tohle už je mimo toho, co čtu, tak jí dám šanci a rozšířím si své čtenářské obzory. Přistupovala jsem k ní opatrně, neměla žádná očekávání a říkala si, že se mi možná bude líbit nebo ji taky po nějaké chvílí znechucením odložím stranou. A hele, bylo to jiné, ale vlastně to bylo hrozně dobré. Když se člověk odprostí od některých scén, u kterých se mi trochu zvedl žaludek, tak jsem dostala docela zajímavou exitencionalistickou rozpravu o vztazích v dnešní společnosti a o tom, co se stane, pokud se všechno podřídí tomu, aby na prvním místě byla ochrana dětí. Říkáte si, co je na tom špatné, co by se mohlo pokazit? No ono vlastně vše.
Kdyby takovou knihu napsala žena, dokážu si představit, co vše se na ni sesype. Ale Carlton Mellick to sepsal tak dobře, že jsem hodněkrát přikyvovala a říkala si, ten chlap ví, o čem mluví. Protože vzít myšlenku toho, že narozdíl od naší společnosti, kde žena musí obětovat toho hodně, včetně svého těla, zdraví a dalších záležitostí, aby se dítě mohlo narodit a vyrůst, tady máme svět, ve kterém je to naopak. Začneme pojednáváním o dětech, potratech a větších právách pro rodiny s dětmi a pokračujeme bizarností. Ale je to skvělá, zajímavá, originální bizarnost, která zaujme. Rozhodně to není nic pro konzervativního čtenáře, ale pokud máte otevřenou mysl a jste ochotni vystoupit ze svých zajetých kolejí, Carlton Mellick vás může překvapit, nebo taky ne. Ale klidně tomu dejte šanci a uvidíte. Možná překvapíte sami sebe, tak je se to povedlo mně.

[Livio Gambarini · Rating 5 out of 5]

La Marcia Carnale è il quarto libro che leggo di CMIII, autore che ho scoperto nell'ultimo anno; gli altri tre erano libri divertenti, strani, scritti con intelligenza e un'apprezzabile dose di ironia sulla politica, la società, l'amore e altri temi. Questa però è la prima opera di Mellick che mi abbia davvero tolto dalla mia "scatola mentale", la prima che mi abbia indotto riflessioni che continuano anche dopo aver terminato la lettura. 5 stelle piene: vorrei che più libri in circolazione fossero come questo.

[Richard Longmore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Carlton Mellick III is one of the best "Bizarro Fiction" authors, mixing crazy, impossible topics along with perfectly reasonable scenarios to the point that, if you're willing to take the ride, it's going to be exciting. This book has been around for awhile, but I got around to reading it late in 2022. The year that Roe V Wade was overturned.

In this book, we are dropped in a world where the government has gone overboard with "protecting children" laws. A world that is getting frighteningly more real year by year...

Among the laws meant to "protect children" is that marriage is required upon pregnancy. Our protagonist finds himself with police at the door arresting him for not showing up to a wedding he didn't know he had. This starts up a tale where he finds himself marrying someone he doesn't remember just to avoid decades of jailtime. And then - things get worse. Much worse.

CM3 does a great job of creating a feeling of isolation for our protagonist. He gives the reader occasional hope, a lawyer friend looking for loopholes, family members contacted and made aware of the scenario, etc. But throughout we follow the protagonist as he tries to understand what happened to cause him to end up where he is.

Without getting into spoilers, I found the conclusion to be quite well done. I enjoyed the craziness and appreciate CM3 keeping true to the tone of the madness all the way through. Ironically, I read Matt Shaw's Roe V Wade novella shortly before this, without meaning to have multiple worlds where "laws for children go overboard" at once. CM3's book, in my opinion, did the job a bit better - while the "Bizarro" areas are certainly there, somehow I felt that the world he created felt real. The scenario, maybe not, but you don't go into a CM3 book for straightforward realism.

Highly recommended.

[Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read bizarro fiction mainly for the weird ideas. And if the books are written well (enough), I find them quite rewarding, in a "thought experiment" or "crazy weird §#!% blew my mind" kind of way. CM3 gets this done quite admirably, and with better-than-average writing style ... in some of his books. In others, not so much.
This one takes one of these remarkable "thought experiment" ideas and runs amok with it, in a very interesting way. So the ideas behind the story I found to be very appealing, and well-done.
However, even if it is chock-full of metaphors, and it is all about procreation, nurture etc. - why does most of the bizarro literature need to go into such detail (sometimes even pornographical, and obsessively so). The "vulgarization" I could live with, but it all could be done with more...
...decency?
I am not a prude - far from it. But there is no satisfaction gained by the detailed description of sexual acts - and the whole story would also work well (maybe even better) if these aspects could have been left more vague.

Additionally, many of the book covers are mostly just objectifications of the female form - in one way or another.

Each to his own, of course.
But much as I love the weird ideas, the constant sexualisation on the covers and the focus on sexual acts in so many stories start to turn me away from CM3s novels, maybe even from the whole subgenre. And that would be a shame...

[Jiří Pavlovský · Rating 3 out of 5]

Výhoda Mellickových knih je v tom, že nejsou extra dlouhé a vždycky míří přímo k cíli. Je to jako krátká procházka zábavním parkem zvráceností, které se zase neberou tak úplně vážně. Orgie v chomoutu je ale něco malinko jiného, protože za ní stojí idea. Je to v podstatě knižní protestsong, vzpoura proti filmovému a literárnímu úzusu, že život člověka má hodnotu teprve zplozením dětí. Že pokud někdo dává přednost kariéře, je to amorální zvrhlík a happyend spočívá v tom, že hrdina pochopí, že starání se o dítě je to nejvíc, co může dělat.

Tady je to dotažené do absurdity. Hrdina zplodí dítě s podivnou ženskou bytostí, která během těhotenství svého partnera postupně pohlcuje, až ho nakonec „spolkne“... což celé provádí nejen v rámci své zvrácené komunity, ale i před zraky hrdinovy matky, nadšené, že bude mít vnoučata, tak pod zraky křesťanské vlády, která hlásí, že potrat je zlo a pokud má otec pro své děti umřít, tak je to jen dobře. Děti jsou smysl našeho života je nutné se pro ně obětovat.

Čili, pokud jste, jako já, spokojeně bezdětný, tak tohle je konečně kniha, která vás poplácá po zádech a řekne „dobře děláš“. Nevýhoda je, že – jak už to u ideových titulů bývá – myšlenka okupuje knihu a už je tu méně místa pro brutalitu. Zvrácenosti se tu soustředí hlavně na věci kolem sexu, ale třeba v Magořine byly větší úchylárny. Tohle je spíš takové normální sobotní odpoledne.

[Leila Anani · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one is Kafka's "The Trial" meets "The Blob" - Imagine an extreme dystopia where all laws are centred around family values - censorship is encouraged (for the safety of the kids) abortion a more serious crime than murder etc... Our hero is arrested for knocking up a girl he can't remember. His options are jail or forced marriage. He opts for forced marriage but when the bride to be is an alien whose mating customs including ingesting the husband things take a decidedly nasty turn.

For Mellick this one is really tightly plotted and focused. The set up is nightmarish but this really does not have time to meander as some of his dreamier narratives sometimes tend to do. I love the plausible dystopia - It's just a logical progression, taking family values to the most extreme scenario possible.

Adored Ed Mironiuk's cover art which fits this to perfection and is exactly how I pictured Dokura from the text.

I wasn't quite as fond of the ending on this one as I was from the beginning/set up - I think that with the tentacles on the dresses etc I was hoping for more Lovecraft - It is also a bit misogynistic - the female characters are all monstrous. This, like Eraserhead plays with man's fear of women and fatherhood.

It's bizarrely fascinating though, and like all titles by Carlton Mellick you can't put them down.

A solid 3.5*

[Daniele Gabrieli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Il problema di questo romanzo breve o, a scelta, racconto lungo è che per un'abbondante metà della vicenda non sappiamo niente del protagonista / narratore: non solo non ci viene detto nulla su di lui, a parte il fatto che ha una vita sessuale piuttosto vivace, ma le sue reazioni sono spesso blande e generiche e rivelano ben poco del suo personale universo. Soltanto a due terzi della narrazione scopriamo finalmente quali sono i suoi valori e le sue priorità, peraltro elementi fondamentali per comprendere a fondo il senso della storia. Fino a quel momento il protagonista, più che un personaggio, è un vagoncino che trasporta il lettore lungo un'attrazione da luna park, e il livello di coinvolgimento è più o meno lo stesso.

Per il resto: non date retta alla quarta di copertina che parla di Kafka. In realtà inizia come una fantasia sadomaso un po' stucchevole, prosegue come un body horror tra Cronenberg e Matheson e nelle ultime pagine, a sorpresa, si trasforma in una riflessione sul conflitto tra le esigenze dei singoli e quelle della società, non posso essere più preciso senza spoilerare. Detto così sembra un minestrone di cose che tra loro c'entrano poco e invece stranamente la staffetta fila senza intoppi, approdando anche a conclusioni non del tutto banali.

[♡ Angie ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE HANDSOME SQUIRM BY CARLTON MELLICK III

Rating: 5/5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Reads like: 1984 meets The Pearshaped Man

Feels like: Every human's worst nightmare

The Handsome Squirm by Carlton Mellick III is the quirky, horrifying, deeply disturbing story of aliens, hive-minds and the consequences of limiting individual choice.

In an dystopian American not too far off from the world we live in now, sucessful and disillusioned editor Moochy is arrested for a felony in the middle of the night. His crime: skipping out on the woman he was supposed to marry. Except he doesn't remember planning a wedding. Or proposing. Or getting her pregnant. Yet here they are...

Kidnapped and taken to his new bride's home in the middle of the woods, Moochy is forced into marriage under law and quickly discoveres his new wife isn't at all what she seems, least of all when their wedding night arrives...

Overall, The Handsome Squirm is a unique and singularly terrifying insight into the consequences of what could happen if the entire world is given over to the concept of children and mutuial consent becomes obsolete.

Perfect for fans of George RR Martin, Stephen King or George Orwell, this is Carlton Mellick III at his finest.

[Madeline Piper · Rating 4 out of 5]

*Then my mother began to cry. I had to apologize and calm her down. It was very typical of her. Whenever I had an emotional problem, she would always figure out a way to turn the conversation around to make it all about her. I always ended up comforting her when I was the one who needed to be comforted.*
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*”your daddy’s going to say bye-bye to fill your tummies. Isn’t he the best daddy ever?” … for some reason, I began to think that everything that had happened to me was all because of her.*
classic male blaming it all on his mom….
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*I never wanted to give up everything for the sake of a family. I never wanted to lose my individuality, give up my future, or sacrifice my happiness for the happiness of others. But as Dokura melts the very last cell of my identity, I realize that individuality is overrated. Humans are designed to merge together, to lose themselves in each other. Relationships, family, civilization - it’s all just one big melding, growing, mutating, sexy blob. Who am I to fight against that?*
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[Fandom SK · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recenziu pre Fandom.sk napísala Ena. Úryvok z recenzie:

Mellick je skvelý rozprávač a jeho nápady, kľučky, pointy a riešenia sú obdivuhodné. No treba ich brať s nadhľadom a istou dávkou humorného šialenstva. Hoci jeho romány sú plné šialeností, niekedy aj zvráteností, krvi, smrti a iných divokých obrazov, je v nich logika a spolu tvoria ucelený do seba zapadajúci obraz o niečom, čo nemôže existovať. No Mellick vás zakaždým presvedčí, že to existovať môže, pretože vám príbeh naservíruje úplne dôveryhodne. A v tom je ukrytá pravá krása bizarofiction. V úletoch, šialenostiach a nerealite, ktoré však majú prekvapivo reálny základ, akúsi prapôvodnú myšlienku, založenú na skutočnosti...

Celú recenziu nájdete na Fandom.sk https://www.fandom.sk/clanok/recenzia...

[jaroiva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Typický Mellick. Ujetý a apokalyptický :D
A taky dost krátký.

Po Magořině, kterou jsem nedočetla, je tohle zase poměrně příjemná bizarro věc.
Řadím někam k Lidožroutům, Satanově dceři a Matriošce. Všechny tyto knihy nějak řeší tu nechuť k manželskému svazku. I Orgie v chomoutu opět napadá svátost manželskou :D. A tentokrát se hrdina taky neubránil oženění. A problémy s manželstvím má skutečně dost netradiční.

Ale jinak pro mě zatím nejlepší přečtenou Mellickovou knihou zůstává Dům na tekutých píscích.

[Ninja · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad story about a future state of elevated think-of-the-children taken to a more absurd level, and a man who gets branded and forced to have sex in order to provide for the unborn children. Interesting meta-story on authors and editors interwoven and some pretty neat details about the situation, but overall one of CM3's weaker stories.

[Shaxx · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tak tohle bylo správně mellickovské a splnilo to veškerá má očekávání. Možná se to i vyhouplo na moji oblíbenou od něj. Jako vždy správně ujeté, bizarní, vtipné a vlastně i celkem romantické, když se to tak vezme :)

[Ryan York · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crazy af! It’s essentially the handmaidens tale genderswapped with mutant blackwidow/women!

[Tomáš Drako · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nuž, ďalšia šialenosť of Mellicka je za mňou.
Tento raz to nebola taká..ehm...až taká šialenosť ako Lízatkovo, či zvrátenosť ako Magorina.
Proste morbídny vzťahový príbeh...:D

[Jason Payne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably a bit much for some, but a good dystopic satire of the US and the pro-life movement's excesses. Nice that it's the men that suffer for a change.

[Linda M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A distanza di mesi, credo che il finale mi sia ancora rimasto scolpito nella mente. “La Marcia Carnale” è un libro che, nella sua semplicità, non lascia indifferenti e comunica un messaggio potente in modo assolutamente schietto, senza alcun tipo di intellettualismo. Il miglior complimento che potrei fargli è che è un libro che rileggerei volentieri più volte, ed assolutamente una delle mie opere preferite di Mellick.

Non ho apprezzato, però, la scrittura di alcune scene e il modo in cui molte informazioni sono veicolate. La scena iniziale del poliziotto e del protagonista nell’automobile mi ha fatto quasi chiudere il libro. Per fortuna sono andata avanti.

Quattro stelle pienissime, come gradimento.

[Joshua Friesen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow this is weird.