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As a girl growing up in a cult tucked away in the San Bernardino Mountains, Timber Marlow is raised to believe that eating human flesh is normal and viewing public sacrifices is an unavoidable fact of life. Her days are mostly spent working in the Sustenance Dwelling and daydreaming about the... read more
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Summary edit
By the time Timber Marlow is fifteen years old, she has already killed three men. Despite the bloody and violent nature of their deaths, Timber is hardly a murderer. She has lived her entire life as a cannibal within a cult tucked away in the San Bernardino Mountains called the Divinity of... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Timber Marlow: She is both a teenage cannibal and the protagonist of this story
- Daddy Marlow: The leader of the Divinity
- Three Marlow: The meanest of Daddy Marlow's Boys
- Luna Marlow: She's in charge of carving bodies in the Sustenance Dwelling
- Billy D. Luscious: Internet pornographer and the Divinity's liaison to the Outside
- Officer Kirkland: Collects extortion money on behalf of the District Attorney
- Joseph Goldstein: A wealthy and dangerous man who makes people disappear
- Ginger Falls: Nude model on Billy D. Luscious' adult website
Quotes edit
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“Before this moment, your fear was blind. Now I give it eyes and it sees me.”
Daddy Marlow -
“In her hand was a heavy cleaver, its blade slick with blood. Timber watched the blood slowly stream down to the tip of the blade, bloating into pearls of red, before dropping to the ground.”
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“Like most any young man, Idea was incomplete. A hole the size of a woman existed inside of him and it meant to be filled. Of course, that hole generally gets filled with all of the wrong things—namely, sex.”
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“I’m but a loyal foot soldier, Mr. Jones...I believe in the system and I simply want to do my part.”
Officer Kirkland
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
During the course of her life, at various points, both in her youth and as an adult, Timber Marlow was, what you might call, a murderer.
Table of Contents edit
This book has 36 chapters.
Themes & Symbolism edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Martin Lastrapes (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Cannibal Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 12, 2011
ISBN: 9780615440293
Page Count: 292
Publisher: Cannibal Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 12, 2011
ISBN: 9780615440293
Page Count: 292
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Inside Martin: The Official Website of Novelist Martin Lastrapes
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