Putting the “fun” into “funeral parlour”: Revival House by SS Michaels reviewed

Revival House is a dark book filled with Grim Reaper humour. The opening is riveting, to say the least, and dovetails nicely with the ending. The Gothic characters are remarkably colourful. Their disturbing exploits are threatened with exposure by the arrival of a film crew. And the explanation for the main character’s (barely) suppressed rage is unexpectedly moving. In some ways the book reminded me of Fight Club.  ‘Frightainment’ at its best.