It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.
Exquisite Corpse confirms Brite as a writer who defies categorization. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London’s Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, Poppy Z. About Exquisite Corpse ‘Exquisite Corpse’ was a game played by the surrealists in which someone drew on a piece of paper, folded it and passed it to the next person to draw on until, finally, the sheet was opened to reveal a calculated yet random composition. Together, Compton and Byrne set their sights on an exquisite young Vietnamese-American runaway, Tran, whom they deem to be the perfect victim. 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. 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. Jerry Prosser and the Pander Brothers (artists of Grendel and Ginger Fox) dissect the life and death of a serial killer in Exquisite Corpse, a comic book first- a special three-issue miniseries which can be read in any order The issues will be unnumbered, being distinguished by their cover designs. To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.From the author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes a thrilling and chilling novel that bestselling author Peter Straub says serves as a “guidebook to hell.”
Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London’s Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, Poppy Z.
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. From the author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes a thrilling and chilling novel that bestselling author Peter Straub says serves as a “guidebook to hell.”
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