Ava thought the great tragedy of her life would be getting stuck in a dead-end office job, especially after she dropped £250K she didn t have on a master s degree in Classical Vocal Performance a decade ago. But reality looks even grimmer when she goes on an ill-fated hike with two of her coworkers. Meanwhile, Savannah has been cowering in her parents lake house in upstate New York for weeks, barely coping after a traumatic falling out with her mercurial best friend. Her days blend together in a hazy swirl of clinically concerning overthinking and alcohol until she chases her nightly bottle of wine with an Ambien and wakes up in the woods behind her house.next to a dead body. Unfortunately, Savannah is so down bad that this well-preserved corpse offers some compelling friend potential: after all, a dead person can t judge you, they re amazing listeners, and they re not going to leave. This particular dead person also comes with a handy journal detailing her last six months lost in the woods! Without much else going on, Savannah decides to cozy up to this mysterious new friend prospect (she can always call the police later ). As Savannah spends more time with both the Ava in front of her and the Ava of the journal, she realises she feels closer to Ava than anyone else and may not be able to let her go.

Decomposition Book is part queer love story, part survival tale with an exhilarating and irreverent Gen-Z voice that blurs the line between the supernatural and the psychological with intoxicating verve. It s certainly not for the faint-hearted, but despite being laugh-out-loud funny, extremely X-rated, and unashamedly gross, it has the deep emotional resonance of the very best of literature. It s unhinged, unputdownable and unforgettable.