"Thinner Than Thou" - the Earl Reverend's world-famous and unimaginably successful slogan that sums up his country's maniac desire to be physically immaculate. Religion is no longer about God except for those underground organisations but about youth, thiness and being perfect. Annie, a teenage anorexic, has been betrayed by her parents to the Dedicated Sisters, a cult of nuns who are supposedly there to cure the anorexic and hugely obese. To her horror, the treatment is utterly inhumane and brutal. Her younger siblings and her boyfriend, embark on a reckless journey to save her while in Sylphania, the Earl's personal spa sanctuary, Jeremy Devlin who's an overweight businessman has signed up his savings for salvation. Like Annie, he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems and what's worse, if he can't shape up, he's never going to leave. Dark secrets and a macabre lust lies behind the seemingly Reverend's seductive promises but what can anyone do about it?This novel is a sort of cross between realistic fiction (well some of the things in this book could happen), science fiction and satire. If you're interested in a plausible prediction of the future then you might want to try this.
