He’s the Devil

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'MAGNETIC, CLAUSTROPHOBIC, WICKEDLY ALIVE' LUCY ROSE, AUTHOR OF THE LAMB

'IF STEPHEN KING, OTTESSA MOSHFEGH AND JOHN WATERS HAD A BABY – ITS THIS BRILLIANT BOOK' JODIE HARSH

'HORNY. GORY. RELATABLE.' KIRSTY LOGAN

FLATMATES ARE HELL…

'Massimo lived here now. And things had begun to happen. Sounds, smells, dreams. A private horror show. A usurper in my ordered world…'

Simon has always been a good boy. He’s invariably employee of the month at the seasonal small plates restaurant where he works, he neurotically tidies his home, he keeps on top of repairs on behalf of his twenty-something, permanently-abroad landlord and tries to do right by everyone. But when his best and only friend, Josh, moves out of their shared flat, Simon is lonelier than ever – until in moves a new flatmate, the strange (and strangely sexy) Massimo.

But Massimo’s brought something with him. Odd sounds emerge from Massimo’s room, smells of earth and meat drift through the corridor and Simon’s nights fill with disturbing and tantalising dreams. Massimo is awakening something in Simon, something wild and exciting and horrifying that could be the end of him – or maybe a new beginning. But whatever’s in Massimo, whatever’s in the flat, isn’t finished. It wants more …

He's the Devil is a wickedly funny, chillingly suspenseful modern day horror story, painfully relatable to anyone who has ever had to share their living space with someone they'd honestly just rather not share it with.

Critics Review

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'Magnetic, claustrophobic, and wickedly alive. Charged with darkly disarming humour, it’s a story that creeps beneath the skin' Lucy Rose

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'A truly revolting masterpiece. Disgusting, depraved, poetic…and impossible to put down. If Stephen King, Ottessa Moshfegh and John Waters had a baby – it’s this brilliant book.' Jodie Harsh

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'Brash and unapologetic, Coventry prioritises propulsion, shock and atmosphere. The scenes arrive hard and fast. Confident, confrontational and compulsively readable.' Literary Review

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'Gleefully camp, brims with millennial anxiety and is knowingly outrageous but utterly convincing' iNews

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'Demon twinks rise up! This is gloriously gay and downright sinful' Attitude

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‘I love this diabolical debut about betrayal, demonic possession and the biggest horror of all: renting with a stranger. Sharp, claustrophobic and creepy as hell, with a wicked lick of humour.’ Alice Slater

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‘Wild and playful. This book will crawl into you like a parasite and you’ll love every minute of it’ Virginia Feito

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'Horny. Gory. Relatable.' Kirsty Logan

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'Prose so electric it crackles, propulsive, sexy, and smart.' Hester Musson

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'Poetic, razor-sharp, and weirdly tender. It's for anyone who’s ever been lonely or anyone who’s ever been bad—which is to say, all of us.' Krystelle Bamford

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'Filthy, feral, and irresistibly queer. This is gay longing at its most grotesque and delicious' Seth Insua

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‘Campy, deliciously gross and visceral, it makes us question if there’s something irresistibly depraved lurking within all of us.’ Ahana Virdi

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'A wonderfully discomfiting materialist fable about loneliness, disgust, and desire – hot, heady stuff!' Avery Curran

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‘Deliciously dark and slyly funny. A tale about loneliness and seeking connection and a wickedly weird, spine-tingling ride.’ Marisa Kashino

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