Exquisite Corpse
by Poppy Z. Brite
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Author: Poppy Z. BriteEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-08-20
ISBN: 0684836270
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Touchstone
Book Reviews of Exquisite Corpse
Book Review: A serious disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is vivid and incredibly descriptive. For an author that constantly refers herself to be a gay man, she certainly had no problem jumping on the stereotypical homosexual band wagon for this novel. Not only that, but every character is miserable, psychotic, and appears to be almost craving their own demise. The thing I love most about Brite's books is that by the time you get to the end of one, you feel like the characters are old friends. This one fits nowhere near that category. It seemed not only forced, but tastelessly graphic for the sake of pure shock value in most places.
Summary of Exquisite Corpse
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.
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.
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