Joseph Incardona presents Holy F*ck, a darkly comic novel set in the American South. Stella, a young sex worker, discovers she can heal her clients, attracting the attention of the Vatican. What follows is a fast-paced, irreverent story that takes aim at religious authority and moral hypocrisy. A bold, cinematic novel that moves between satire and thriller.
“The Swiss writer Joseph Incardona’s freewheeling black comedy has a lot going for it, not least lapidary prose and a fizzy translation” – The Times
“Swiss author Joseph Incardona’s hybrid chase-thriller-meets-satire is energetically translated from the French by Sam Taylor.” – Financial Times
Stella et l’Amérique (Finitude, 2024) was translated into English as Holy F*ck by Sam Taylor, and published by Bitter Lemon Press.
Swiss author Joseph Incardona has written more than fifteen novels across a range of genres. He is also a screenwriter for comics, film, and television, as well as a playwright and director. His work is both popular and critically acclaimed; it has won numerous awards and has been adapted for film. Incardona’s work has been translated into German, Italian, Korean, and Georgian, but this is his first book to be available in English.
