Là-Bas
by J.-K. Huysmans
362 pages~6 hrs
“To write about the devil, you must first find him.”
Plunge into the decadent underworld of 19th-century Paris as novelist Durtal seeks the ultimate forbidden truth to complete his biography of a legendary mass murderer. From the depravity of the medieval era to the chilling reality of modern Satanism, this masterpiece blurs the line between historical research and spiritual damnation.
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