{"product_id":"throat-sprockets-9781960241276","title":"Throat Sprockets","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a fading old porno theater in a town called Friendship, a mild-mannered young advertising writer watches a movie called\u003cem\u003e Throat Sprockets \u003c\/em\u003eand is never the same again. As he becomes increasingly obsessed with the film, it infects him with a new erotic aesthetic that finds expression through his advertising work, spreading its vampiric influence on a local, national, and eventually international level. As his old life crumbles and a new one begins to take shape, he sets out on a quest to discover the secrets of the film's creation and the identity of its mysterious creator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Lucas's genre-defying cult classic was featured in Stephen Jones and Kim Newman's \u003cem\u003eHorror: 100 Best Books \u003c\/em\u003eseries and chosen by\u003cem\u003e Rue Morgue\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the Best Alt Horror Novels. This special 30th Anniversary Edition includes an introduction by Tananarive Due and a brand-new, novella-length penultimate chapter, filling in the past three decades of the protagonist's misadventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThroat Sprockets\u003c\/em\u003e, a dark, brilliant crow in the literary sky, is terrifying and euphoric both in its portrayal of obsession. Lucas is a first-rate writer.\" - Alexander Theroux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To read \u003cem\u003eThroat Sprockets\u003c\/em\u003e is to understand that every vampire story before now has missed the mark.\" - \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Genuinely kinky and perverse and smart.\" - Bret Easton Ellis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Witty and thoughtful and consistently surprising and above all deeply unsettling.\" - Ramsey Campbell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A chic and darkly humorous study of sexual obsession ... a witty reworking of the Dracula myth starched stiff with irony ... a stylish, provocative debut novel.\" -\u003cem\u003e The Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant novel.\" - \u003cem\u003eMaxim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Be warned: this is no ordinary novel. I searched my bookshelves for apt comparisons, and soon realized that I could only invent them: \u003cem\u003eDracula \u003c\/em\u003erewritten by J.G. Ballard, \u003cem\u003e Last Year at Marienbad\u003c\/em\u003e directed by Mario Bava.... Here, at last, is what readers have been waiting for: a new, and very dark vision ... This is the most original and unnerving first novel that I've read in years. Stunning.\" - Douglas E. Winter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-210507\"\u003eTim Lucas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valancourt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960241276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1960241273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC015000\"\u003eHorror | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766097326317,"sku":"9781960241276","price":31.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_e29233ec-3ee7-47dc-bc22-4bf05b02471b.jpg?v=1758646293","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/throat-sprockets-9781960241276","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}