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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100684822547

ISBN-139780684822549

eBay Product ID (ePID)1550156

Product Key Features

Publication Year1996

TopicHorror, General

Book TitleExquisite Corpse

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorPoppy Z. Brite

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight2.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-002455

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal813.5/4

SynopsisTo serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. 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

LC Classification NumberPS3552.R4967E97 1996