Status Updates From Là-Bas (Down There)

weirdest book ever

Faith is the breakwater of the soul. It provides the only haven in which a rudderless man can find peace. - Des Hermies

Thoroughly enjoy Huysmans. Dark indeed, but nothing we don't already know about the history (and modernity) of evil men on earth and the goings on behind closed doors.

Mysterious letters from admiring fangirls distract Durtal while he is attempting to write a biography on the satanic, child murdering aspiring alchemist Gilles de Rais.

3 men have dinner in a makeshift apartment inside an old church belfry discussing the progression and persistence of satanism among the elites and clergy. We're off and running folks.