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Exquisite Corpse [Paperback]

Poppy Z. Brite (Author)
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Release Date: Aug 20 1997
To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his "art" to new heights. Tortured by his own perverse desires, and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed his "art" to limits even Compton hadn't previously imagined. Together, Compton and Byrne set their sights on an exquisite young Vietnamese-American runaway, Tran, whom they deem to be the perfect victim.

Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London's Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, and punctuated by rants from radio talk show host Lush Rimbaud, a.k.a. Luke Ransom, Tran's ex-lover, who is dying of AIDS and who intends to wreak ultimate havoc before leaving this world, Exquisite Corpse unfolds into a labyrinth of murder and love. Ultimately all four characters converge on a singular bloody night after which their lives will be irrevocably changed -- or terminated.

Poppy Z. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. Exquisite Corpse confirms Brite as a writer who defies categorization. It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.

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You've probably heard that this love story about two cannibalistic serial killers (loosely modeled after Dennis Nilsen and Jeffrey Dahmer) is over the top. You've been warned about the lovingly meticulous descriptions of murder and necrophilia. But the novel also features a keen look at the AIDS plague, in a setting almost worth dying for: Brite's doomed aesthetes dance in a sweet, heady New Orleans of milky coffee and beignets, alligators, Billy Holiday tunes, scented candles, pirate radio, swamp French, andouille sausage and one bar for every 175 people. And the structure is the tightest of Brite's books so far. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Blood-soaked sheets, cannibalism, rotting, half-dissected corpses: this gruesome psychological horror novel has all the grue a reader might?or might not?want. Brite (Drawing Blood, 1993), the reigning queen of Generation-X splatterpunks, pulls out the stops in this ghastly tale of two serial killers who find true love over the body of a murdered and mutilated boy in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans. Londoner Andrew Compton, imprisoned for the necrophiliac slayings of 23 young men, escapes from prison by (rather unbelievably) faking his own death and killing the coroners gathered to autopsy his body. Fleeing to Louisiana, he hooks up with Jay Byrne, slacker scion of a wealthy old family, a man whose murders are even more fiendish than Compton's own. Brite is a highly competent stylist with a knack for depicting convincing, if monstrous, characters. Her plot development rests too heavily on coincidence, however, and on an excess of details drawn from the life of real-world serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. Though Brite shifts point of view throughout, she always returns to Compton's first person. This technique gives the narrative rhythm and emotional force but also seems aimed toward intimating the reader in Compton's acts of dehumanization ("the aesthetics of dismemberment") and depravity. And so what Brite really presents here is, ultimately, yet another crimson leaf in the literature of the pornography of violence.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Dahmer retold Mar 7 1998
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Format:Paperback
Brite, the daring author of two previous novels ("Lost Souls?" and "Drawing Blood") is, I must admit, my favorite author in the horror genre. Needless to say, after "Drawing Blood," I was waiting and waiting and waiting for "Exquisite Corpse." As I read the novel, I was annoyed at how the book was progressing. It seemed only to be a barely fictionalized account of the Jeffrey Dahmer case. Anyone who is familiar with Dahmer's attrocities can tell you that this book could well be a newspaper account. But, I had faith in Brite, knowing that before the last page she would put an interesting twist upon it. I was, however, greatly disappointed. Gone was the beauty, romance and true horror I had come to expect. I was shocked. I was "grossed-out", but I felt nothing for the characters. What I did feel was an immense sadness and a great hope that the family of the Vietnamese-American boy that Dahmer killed NEVER, EVER, EVER read this book. If they do, they will get every gory detail of their son's/brother's death as fictionalized by Brite. That possibility disturbs me more than the graphic-ness of this book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Wow Sep 30 2010
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While I would not define this as horror, my best advice is reader beware. I was taken in by the story, but left unsettled by the gore and violence portrayed within.
However, I knew what I was getting into, since this book was reccomended to be by another. P. Brite takes us on a unique journey and I'm glad I'm back.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Well well. May 25 2005
By Angie
Format:Paperback
Yup. I should have listened to my gut instincts as soon as I read the ridiculous title, but noooooooo, I had to go ahead and read the whole damn book.

A pointless novel loaded with forgettable characters, teen dream goth cliches and gratuitous "shocking" scenes of sex and gore. Don't get me wrong. I like sex and gore. But this is just shock value for its own sake. And it's not even written very well. I felt cheated. At least it wasn't very long.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excelllent!
The book was in pristine condition, not a bend or scratch anywhere! The delivery was efficient as expected. Overall good quality product!
Published on April 22 2010 by Lin Ta
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book Ever
This books opens the mind to a whole new world of fantasies. You will be amazed, juts don't read it before bed. Or too much of it at once. Read more
Published on Oct 6 2006 by Thorn Draven
5.0 out of 5 stars Death Is Everywhere . . .
After I finished reading Exquisite Corpse, I was struck by the thought that one could, with the benefit of hindsight, make the argument that it is a transitional work in the sense... Read more
Published on Jun 5 2004 by Jeffrey D. Palmatier
2.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmm
Well, I really wanted to love this novel. It seemed just my kind of thing when I read the editorial reviews. But I was deeply disappointed. Read more
Published on Jun 3 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Shockingly Disturbing
Andrew Compton is a sickly twisted serial killer who seeks both solace and beauty in the slaying of young boys. However, his art cannot be perfected while in prison. Read more
Published on May 25 2004 by CreepyT
3.0 out of 5 stars It's been a while
I read this book when I was a punk-gothic teenager full of angst and rebellion. Now I'm a mother, a career woman, and I remember very little about this book. Read more
Published on May 21 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars morbidly interesting -- not for the squeamish
Poppy Brite writes incredibly well, but I kept wondering, where in the world does she come up with the ideas, the detail, for the gore? Read more
Published on April 19 2004 by Lori Anderson
3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Ersatz Johnson
I came to this book through searching for a horror title(having read Brite's comments on Thomas Ligotti and Caitlin Kiernan). Read more
Published on April 11 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars Needed more character depth, less gore
If you have not read Poppy before, do not read this novel first. Even if you have read her, and loved her, proceed with extreme caution. Read more
Published on April 5 2004 by Erin Sparrow
3.0 out of 5 stars Tres Interessant.
As many others have said, you cannot unread Poppy Z. Brite. I would not recommend this book to rather immature people, seeing that the subject manner is quite disturbing. Read more
Published on Mar 10 2004 by "jessietheinsane"
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