Ecce Monstrum, Jeremy Biles’s study of Georges Bataille, got a nice review by Tomasz Swoboda over at H-Ideas recently. Here’s the upshot:

All in all, among recent studies on Bataille, Biles’s book is the one that perhaps approaches best Bataille’s thought while proposing new interpretations of his work. Indeed, readers who are not familiar with Bataille’s work will be rather well introduced to its main aspects. At the same time, specialized readers will find in Biles’s book reformulations and reinterpretations that will likely become pivotal in Bataillean studies.

The book came out with Fordham University Press last year and is available for purchase (at an awfully steep $65) here.