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From the author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes a thrilling and chilling novel that best-selling author Peter Straub says serves as a “guidebook to hell”.

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, 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.

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Story is ok, some of the scenes are graphic and brutal but for horror fans it’s nothing special at all. It’s more like a gay porn horror than anything else

Not as gory as some of the reviews made out

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Be warned, the descriptions are very graphic and for someone who reads lots of books about true crime, it was too much for me. Storyline is also a bit thin

Extremely graphic

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I started listening because I wanted an extreme horror book. I kept listening because of the side characters and the deep, heartbreaking dialogues and stories. the gore and horror almost became uninteresting compared to Trans and Lukes story. absolutely amazingly written and terrific job of the reader if bringing each and every single character to life . I could tell just by the voice who was talking. the story brought tears to my eyes and disgusted and shocked me in equal parts. great book and listening experience!

intense story and very strong characters

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I remember reading poppy as a teenager. The characters always so enjoyable as some are horrific. I wish they would turn the short stories into an audiobook. I loved Swamp Foetus. still have it along with all the other books, all well read and loved.

marvelous

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the voices for the separate characters are so distinct and well done that at times it felt more like watching a play, really excellently acted.

Joshua Saxton nails it

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