own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with. It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one. To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. 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. Serial killer Andrew Compton escapes his life sentence in a British prison by feigning his own death and comes to the United States. 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. Andrew Compton is telling what he did before he was caught by the police. A chilling novel of love and murder, Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Brite is set in the decadent quarters of London and New Orleans. 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. To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art.
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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