DELIVER ME

'Nash takes no prisoners in this visceral slice of body horror that mixes up pregnancy, poverty and Pentecostalism. It's a hot mess of a novel coolly rendered. Which just makes the horror of it cut even deeper'
- Herald (Top 10 Summer Reads) 

'Deliver Me by Elle Nash takes chances with thrilling results... demonstrating an ever-improving sense of craft... There is a slowly creeping dread that builds as the narrative twists and turns to a satisfying and shocking climax. Throughout, Nash feels like a writer completely in control of her story'
- Big Issue 

'Almost certainly one of the most visceral books of the year... Deliver Me is a bold book, and not for the squeamish, but those who can make it to the end will find that it's wormed its way into their brains, and once there is hard to dislodge'
- Herald  

'In Deliver Me, Nash has produced a singular, devastating, uncompromising masterpiece. '
- Glasgow Review of Books  

'Depraved and brilliant and I love it so much!'
- Jane Flett, author of Freakslaw  

'A gruesome body horror... I read it in two days flat... The squeamish need not apply - the braver of you should tuck in'
- Spectator (Books of the Year 2023) 

'Audacious, disturbing, and utterly unique, Elle Nash's DELIVER ME is body horror at its most shocking and unforgettable'
- Eric LaRocca, Bram Stoker Award Winner and author of Everything the Darkness Eats  

'Brilliant, fearless, and utterly deranged, Deliver Me is a gift to readers who love a seriously unhinged woman. With the creation of Dee-Dee, Elle Nash spelunks in the depths of human depravity and leaves readers (even me!) gasping. A wild, disturbing, super-smart novel, Deliver Me is unforgettable'
- Chelsea G. Summers, author of A Certain Hunger  

'Elle Nash is one of the best writers alive. This book is utterly fearless, utterly devastating, and an uncompromising masterpiece. Reading DELIVER ME made me feel like I was possessed

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- Juliet Escoria, author of Juliet the Maniac  

'No one can swirl sex and strange quite like Elle Nash, and Deliver Me rubs creation against devastation on a wild ride of self discovery away from a Christian-shaped cult. It's a religious and troubling experience-- a work of art from an artist to watch'
- Brian Alan Carr, author of Opioid, Indiana  

'Elle Nash dances a knife's edge in DELIVER ME, a world where a person's hands can save or steal, conceal or reveal, lure you in or lie, and sometimes all of these at once. Her characters act so appalling, yet still I prayed for their salvation. She's that good at guiding you all the way into them'
- Sarah Gerard, author of True Love: a Novel  

'As sickeningly meticulous as a post-mortem performed by the most skilled mortician, Deliver Me is a dangerous, delicate marvel'
- Meryse Meijer, author of The Seventh Mansion  

'Deliver Me muddles the line between the intimate and the deranged in a way that keeps us off-balance to the very end'
- Brian Evenson, author of A Collapse of Horses  

'Combining body horror, toxic relationships, and a swell of past trauma, Deliver Me is a whirlwind of emotions perfect for any horror lover'
- ourculture 

'With her trademark psychological complexity and unflinching centering of the human body in all its grotesqueness, Deliver Me is Elle Nash at the height of her powers. Riveting from beginning to end'
- Electric Literature 

'A visceral examination of one woman's spiral into madness... Nash creates a disgusting yet beautiful world that presents a new kind of interrogation of what it means to be a mother and the importance such a role can have to those who are able to bear children'
- Dread Central 

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Nash excels at capturing the claustrophobia of rural poverty and religious fundamentalism... Haunting'
- Kirkus 

'Unsettling... Nash lays her characters bare, and the hints of body horror and vivid descriptions of Dee-Dee's despair tease at underlying pathological issues... Readers drawn to gritty character studies should take a look'
- Publishers Weekly 

'Deliver Me is an immaculately conceived novel. Nash has brought to life a narrator whose quest to be a mother is frightening and absolutely brutal'
- Big Other 

'Deliver Me plays like a feminine version of Southern Gothic... A highly unusual and very creative piece of writing... Strange but beguiling'
- Medium