Garth Marenghi's Incarcerat: Volume 2 of TERRORTOME the SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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And it's that balance between telling a story and honouring the gag that is missing in this second book. The story is competently told and nicely plotted with great insight into the multiple layers of Marenghi's character and family life. But this Marenghi instalment took advantage of it to be a doorstopper and even more wildly hilarious! You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. But they get pretty stale if you read the whole novel at once (this is a common problem with comic novels).

Garth Marenghi, the renowned horror author famous for his spine-chilling works, is excited to announce a 14-date book tour starting in October 2023 for his latest novel, Incarcerat. I would say, “spoilers ahead,” but no mere summation can truly encapsulate the dark majesty of Garth Marenghi’s prose.

It was so excellently written in Garth's classic style and Matthew Holness' brilliance shines through - I mean, whoever he is. The publication of Incarcerat is scheduled for 31st October 2023, and the book tour will follow shortly after. Garth Marenghi, the renowned horror author famous for his spine-chilling works, is on a book tour for his latest novel, Incarcerat, which continues the adventures of horror author Nick Steen as he battles his own imagination and navigates a terrifying world. For my personal tastes I still would have leaned a little heavier on the gags from the original show that are still so quotable today. Garth Marenghi's Incarcerat takes another deep dive into the disturbing realities of our world…only in an absurdly warped sense of humour.

Doomed to survive crash after crash of the airliners his protagonist, which is now himself, pilots, Nick grapples with his emerging paranormal abilities. I attended a reading from this in a large London theatre, and consumed this as an audiobook, both brought me closer to Garth. Just endless repetition and exposition, even as they add to the laughs, eventually become exposed and repetitive. It’s Marenghi’s sense of plotting, his ear for dialog, and his use of tropes that are so deliciously broken.

This tome (a compilation of three novellas) is particularly clever in that the meta literary stylings go deeper and further back than ever before in Garth's oeuvre. I didn't think anything could top previous offerings from his oeuvre such as Guygon vs Galgon and Randyman IV: Nightstench but Incarcerat is even more radical, risky and dangerous than them combined. From the word processor (that's correct) of the Archduke O'Darkness, Garth Marenghi - Chief Frightener, Quakerman and Lord High Petrifier - come three new dark tales. This book will scare you so much you will forget where you left your car keys and have to walk to the nearest phone booth. Has even more of a suspicious amount of genital trauma than the first book, as well as more death, gore, excrement and general horror theming.

As a huge fan of the original series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and it's accompanying sister series Man To Man With Dean Learner I'm a huge fan of the character and his ludicrous tropes and writing choices, which are in fact a key part of the original joke. Incarcerat is another perfect storm of terrible storytelling from the mind of Garth Marenghi (aka Matthew Holness).Another enjoyable romp through purple prose and ludicrous scenarios, but taking itself seriously enough as a meta literary enterprise that it succeeds on its own terms. Oh, and one more thing: If we can have a huge amount of time devoted to Roz - can we please have some input from one of the finest characters in Merenghi's world; Thornton Reed? AND the fact that Garth Marenghi thought it was okay to put that IN a script as an opening line is even funnier.