Alibi Bookshop LGBTQ October Book Club: Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Name: Alibi Bookshop LGBTQ October Book Club: Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Start: 2024-10-09T17:00:00-07:00
Location: 624 Marin St, Vallejo, CA, United States, California 94590

Schedule

Wed Oct 09 2024 at 05:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

624 Marin St, Vallejo, CA, United States, California 94590 | Vallejo, CA

Please join us on Wednesday, October 9th at 5:00 pm for the October meeting of the LGBTQ+ Book Club, hosted by Richard May! This month we will be discussing "Camp Damascus" by Chuck Tingle -- something spooky for Halloween.
"A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community face in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down. Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold. Nestled high up in the mountains is Camp Damascus, the self-proclaimed 'most effective' gay conversion camp in the country. Here, a life free from sin awaits. But the secret behind that success is anything but holy. And they'll scare you straight to hell."
Ooooh! And the reviews are terrific:
"Fantastic. Camp Damascus is seriously good." --Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy
"A genuinely terrifying nightmare - but it ain't the monsters you gotta be afraid of. Chuck Tingle is absolutely the best guide through this level of Hell." --N.K. Jemisin, New York Times bestselling author
"It's a bighearted, chilling ride that proves the author's mantra over and over: Love is, indeed, real." -- Vulture
"This book is highly entertaining, cinematic, and filled with monsters, both human and supernatural, all of which will lure horror fans to its pages, but what holds it all together is the immense love at the heart of the novel." -- Library Journal ( STARRED review)
"A timely, authentically chilling story." -- Booklist ( STARRED review)
"Chuck Tingle continues to surprise and thrill. Camp Damascus is terrifying, darkly funny, and engagingly humane." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author
And there will be cupcakes provided by PG&E/Pride. Looking forward to seeing you there!