La noche devastada

In the outskirts of Saint-Auch, just outside Toulouse, a group of teenagers slowly awakens to adulthood: it's the nineties, and they spend their time wandering around on motorbikes, listening to Nirvana, and watching horror films. Alex, Mehdi, Max, Thomas, and Lena grapple with desire, social injustice, and the strange allure of the town's unsettling abandoned house, unaware that crossing its threshold will plunge them into an endless nightmare. Bearing the hallmarks of one of France's most celebrated authors, The Devastated Night is a bold novel with echoes of Stephen King, Lovecraft, and David Cronenberg. It's a flawless homage to the horror genre and a compelling, chilling read, imbued with astonishing visual inventiveness, exploring the dreams and disillusionments of an era and evoking its demons.