Product Description

A convicted serial killer leaves his prison cell a dead man and rises again to build a new life. His journey takes him to New Orleans' French Quater- to the decadent bars and frivolous boys that haunt the luscious dark corners of a town brought up on Voodoo and the dark arts. Anticipating a willing victim he finds an equal, something he never expected even in his wildest dreams... Two men thrown together fate share dangerous desirea and a love that brings fear along with lust, and leaves a trail of blood from London to the USA. 'Treats the human body like a communion wafer..A guidebook to Hell' PETER STRAUB.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123300 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

Don't worry, folks, she won't leave you stranded...
I am a big fan of Poppy's stuff and this book was no exception. Although it is very, very disturbing I would still recommend it, but if you have never read any Poppy before, I would not start here. Try Lost Souls? first. This book is horror in the truest sense of the term and written by a writer who is not afraid to tackle some pretty darn scary subjects that most people would automatically shy away from. Whatever you may think of her choice of subject matter, I would say that this book was very finely executed and is a very gripping story. It stands alongside her other books and should not be shoved aside just cause its a scarier and more disturbing than the rest. I think this book exists to encourage we readers to broaden our horizons a little and to not expect our reading matter to be safe and cozy all the time. Poppy shows us some frightening stuff, but at the same time keeps us to the path she has put us on.

And, a final suggestion - read this book at home and not on the bus!

Hard to get your teeth into (unless you're slightly twisted)
When I discovered this book (I must say it was the pretty sadomasochist-style cover which attracted me) I thought it would be sick in an Easton Ellis kind of way- I was wrong. Exquisite Corpse is necrophiliac, cannibalistic porn, and you will probably be shocked when you start reading. However, no matter how sickenned you are, Poppy will draw you in, she will make you both horrified and turned on; you won't stop reading, it will stay with you every second, Jay will visit you in your dreams, even weeks later- the word "corpse" will be overheard and that nauseating flood will pour out of your soul- if you read this, you will NEVER forget it.

Very close to the bone
I enjoyed reading Lost Souls but this was not my sort of thing at all. Brite's style is very readable and I had no problem getting through it, I guess a kind of morbid fascination drove me on. It's not horrific but it is pretty gruesome, perhaps it is a bit too close to the bone.

The passages set in England betray a lack of research as there are numerous inaccuracies. I'll be sticking to stuff that has a more supernatural flavour in future.