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. 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. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the. To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.

The protagonist of the story is Andrew Compton, an English convicted homosexual serial killer, cannibal and necrophiliac. ISBN 4-7 Andrew Compton, England’s most notorious serial killer since Jack The Ripper, had killed, sodomized, and dismembered twenty-three young men by the time he was finally apprehended at the age of twenty-eight. : Exquisite Corpse (9780684836270) by Brite, Poppy Z. Exquisite Corpse is the third horror novel by Poppy Z. To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. Brite Simon & Schuster, August 1996, 21.00, 240 pp. 1 author picked Exquisite Corpse as one of their favorite books. 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.” To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art.

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