Critically acclaimed bestselling author Nick Cutter, known for modern horror touchstones including The Troop and The Deep, returns with his latest novel, The Dorians, releasing today, May 19th.
Exploring ageing, mortality, and the irresistible lure of turning back time, the novel follows five elderly volunteers offered an extraordinary proposition: the chance to slow, halt, or even reverse the ageing process. But, beneath the promise lie far more sinister implications – an ancient, self-perpetuating biological force only concerned with its own survival, indifferent to morality, consequence, or human desires.
To coincide with the publication of The Dorians, CinemaChords spoke with Cutter about the anxieties and ideas underpinning the novel, including ageing, mortality, the seductive fantasy of second chances, the psychological lure of immortality, and the terror of watching the body gradually betray itself. Our interview also dug into themes of artistic obsession, regret, sexuality in later life, and the influence of classic vampire fiction and “The Twilight Zone” on the book’s disturbing dissection of rejuvenation and decay.
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