Exquisite Corpse
By (Author) Poppy Z Brite
By (author) Poppy Z. Brite
Orion Publishing Co
Gollancz
1st December 2008
21st August 2008
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
256
Width 128mm, Height 194mm, Spine 18mm
210g
A terrifying novel of love and slaughter set in London and New Orleans.
To serial killer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from a life sentence in prison, he makes his way to America with the intention of bringing his art to new heights.Tortured by his own perverse desires, he inadvertently joins forced with Jay, a dissolute playboy. They set their sights on a young Vietnamese-American runaway, whom they deem to be the perfect victim.Moving from the grimy streets of London's Piccadilly Circus to the decadences of New Orleans' French Quarter, Poppy Z Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a serial killer in this riveting, unforgettable masterpiece of horror.Poppy Z. Brite is the author of eight novels, three short story collections, two nonfiction books, and some miscellanea.