Closer

(Paperback, Main - Classic Edition)

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With an introduction by Lynne Tillman

Physically beautiful and strangely passive, George Miles attracts his fellow students with a mysterious promise, like a wallet lying on the street. Closer follows the links of desire that drag George into the arms of boys like John, an artist who deliberately drains his portraits of humanity; Alex, fascinated by splatter films and pornography; and Steve, an underground entrepreneur who turns his parents' garage into a nightclub. Two men in their forties, Tom and Philippe, think they can find reality in the sharp outlines of bones and the bright red of blood. Obsessed with the beauty of death, they see in George the perfect object for their passion.

Still shocking after more than two decades, Closer is an unflinchingly provocative exploration of the limits of experience.

Reviews

'Extraordinary. . . . One of the few new American writers with a completely distinctive voice' - Edmund White

'A story about how desire can persist to the brink of self-destruction and beyond. . . . A work of considerable courage' - Thomas R. Edwards

'Closer translates the moments and feelings for which we don't really have a vocabulary. Cooper taps the ineffable, the murky underside of sexual and human relations' - Lynne Tillman

'An incredibly beautiful and daring book' - Kathy Acker

Author Bio

Dennis Cooper is a novelist, poet, critic and performance artist. His work has inspired numerous bands including Deerhunter and his work has been translated into seventeen languages. Cooper has been the subject of the biography Wrong by Diarmuid Hester and now lives in Paris.