Description
Translated by Sam Taylor
Stella works miracles. She heals the sick, the dying, the paralysed. The Vatican rejoices—at last, a living saint for the modern age. And in Georgia, of all places: a miracle in the sweltering heart of the American South. But there’s a catch. Stella heals the people she sleeps with. In her motorhome. For money.
A saint who sells sex doesn’t play well in Rome. A saint who dies young, however, pure, tragic, and easily mythologised—that’s a different story. Enter the Bronski twins: the Vatican’s most discreet executioners, sent to clean up the miracle.
Darkly comic and unsettlingly tender, Holy F*ck is a blistering satire of faith, desire, and the machinery of salvation.
“Swiss author Joseph Incardona’s hybrid chase-thriller-meets-satire is energetically translated from the French by Sam Taylor.” Financial Times, Thriller of the Month
“It’s all wonderfully bonkers, dark and dirty, and incredibly funny. Brilliant.” Raven Crime Reads
“Joseph Incardona has written a gonzo noir that asks the big questions: Can sex in a KFC restroom bestow divine grace? Can a righteous rumble between the sheets cure any affliction? And what happens when the Vatican decides working miracles should be left to the church. The answers are waiting in these pages. Holy Fuck is a blasphemous blast.” Mark Haskell Smith, author of Blown
‘Tarantino would have loved to write this book’ ELLE
