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“A gripping tour-de-force torn from tomorrow’s headlines.” ― David Demchuk, author of Red X and The Bone Mother
“A bold dystopian novel that captivates with its dread and depth. The Marigold is unhinged literary horror that goes right to the source of decay.” ― Iain Reid, award-winning author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Foe, and We Spread
In a near-future Toronto buffeted by environmental chaos and unfettered development, an unsettling new lifeform begins to grow beneath the surface, feeding off the past
The Marigold, a gleaming Toronto condo tower, sits a half-empty promise: a stack of scuffed rental suites and undelivered amenities that crumbles around its residents as a mysterious sludge spreads slowly through it. Public health inspector Cathy Jin investigates this toxic mold as it infests the city’s infrastructure, rotting it from within, while Sam “Soda” Dalipagic stumbles on a dangerous cache of data while cruising the streets in his Camry, waiting for his next rideshare alert. On the outskirts of downtown, 13-year-old Henrietta Brakes chases a friend deep underground after he’s snatched into a sinkhole by a creature from below.
All the while, construction of the city’s newest luxury tower, Marigold II, has stalled. Stanley Marigold, the struggling son of the legendary developer behind this project, decides he must tap into a hidden reserve of old power to make his dream a reality―one with a human cost.
Weaving together disparate storylines and tapping into the realms of body horror, urban dystopia, and ecofiction, The Marigold explores the precarity of community and the fragile designs that bind us together.
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593791073
- File size: 307524 KB
- Duration: 10:40:40
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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June 10, 2024
Sullivan's (Waste) latest reveals the horrors that fester beneath the streets of a near-future Toronto. The owners of the Marigold, one of Toronto's most infamous condo towers, will tell people that it is the pinnacle of urban living, while its actual residents might tell a different story. There's a rot overtaking the Marigold and Toronto, an invasive fungus called the Wet. It is known to Toronto residents like health inspector Cathy Jin and 13-year-old Henrietta Brakes. Driver Sam "Soda" Dalipagic also discovers the Wet and what the city's developers know about it. But by the time these and others realize what is happening, will it be too late? Sullivan's story of urban dystopia and eco-horror is told through the perspectives of a variety of characters. Narrator Sean Patrick Hopkins voices them all, but his real vocal talents are displayed when voicing the horror underneath Toronto. When narrating inhuman characters, Hopkins speaks in insidious whispers and gurgling growls that will make listeners' skin crawl. VERDICT Though the cast is massive, each individual's story is part of a unified whole, depicting a bleak future where corporations make deals with literal monsters in the name of progress.--James Gardner
Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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