''Consumed'' is the first novel by the Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor David Cronenberg. The novel is driven by a globe-trotting, photojournalist couple, that pursue stories featuring rather unusual people.

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Cronenberg's novel has been compared to Burroughs, Ballard and DeLillo. The book was reviewed in ''

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2014 Canadian novels Novels about geopolitics Books with cover art by Chip Kidd 2014 debut novels Charles Scribner's Sons books {{David Cronenberg