Paperback. 'A triumph of the queer gothic' Jane Flett, author of Freakslaw'Seductive and surprising at every turn'Caitlin Blackwell Baines, author of How to Build a Haunted House'Lush, sinister and blackly funny' Kate Collins, author of A Good House for ChildrenAt the height of lockdown, six friends make an illicit break for freedom. They're determined to enjoy their summer at Holt House, even if that means ignoring the deep fractures in their group. Jan is secretly sleeping with Nadya, whose boyfriend, Theo - ever the gracious host - just wants everyone to get high. Kara and Luke can't stop fighting, and Jan's ex-lover, Ursie, feels out of place among their excess and privilege. As tempers flare and old wounds reopen, their friendship begins to strain - politics, racism, antisemitism, sex and lies. And with drugs and desires blurring in the shadows of the house, a more ominous force threatens to ruin their trip.'Both a deeply unnerving read and a sly commentary on the skeletons in Britain's closet'Victoria Gosling, author of Bliss & Blunder'A drug-fuelled cross between The Decameron and The Haunting of Hill House . Craig at her unsettling best'Hesse Phillips, author of Lightborne'Lush, complex, and close to the bone, The Decadence filled me with horror in the best way'Krystelle Bamford, author of Idle Grounds A gripping queer haunted house novel from the author of Parallel Hells Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Decadence (Paperback)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1529371783
ISBN 13: 9781529371789
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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'A triumph of the queer gothic'
Jane Flett, author of Freakslaw

'Seductive and surprising at every turn'
Caitlin Blackwell Baines, author of How to Build a Haunted House

'Lush, sinister and blackly funny'
Kate Collins, author of A Good House for Children

At the height of lockdown, six friends make an illicit break for freedom. They're determined to enjoy their summer at Holt House, even if that means ignoring the deep fractures in their group.

Jan is secretly sleeping with Nadya, whose boyfriend, Theo - ever the gracious host - just wants everyone to get high. Kara and Luke can't stop fighting, and Jan's ex-lover, Ursie, feels out of place among their excess and privilege.

As tempers flare and old wounds reopen, their friendship begins to strain - politics, racism, antisemitism, sex and lies. And with drugs and desires blurring in the shadows of the house, a more ominous force threatens to ruin their trip...

'Both a deeply unnerving read and a sly commentary on the skeletons in Britain's closet'
Victoria Gosling, author of Bliss & Blunder

'A drug-fuelled cross between The Decameron and The Haunting of Hill House ... Craig at her unsettling best'
Hesse Phillips, author of Lightborne

'Lush, complex, and close to the bone, The Decadence filled me with horror in the best way'
Krystelle Bamford, author of Idle Grounds

About the Author

Leon Craig is a writer from North London. She studied English at UCL, Medieval Literature at Oxford and Creative Writing at Birkbeck. Her writing has been published by the White Review, the TLS, Another Gaze and the London Magazine, among others.

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