A review by chalicotherex
The Damned (La Bas) by Joris-Karl Huysmans

4.0

Ooooh very spooky! Maybe the scariest book I've ever read? Very visceral.

Can see why Houellebecq likes this guy: pessimistic, atheist small-c conservative who yearns for the days when the most superstitious forms of Catholicism kept the peasants in line, but still finds time to attend satanic rituals and have an affair with his buddy's wife.