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Exquisite CorpsePoppy Z. Brite

Exquisite Corpse

1996250 pages
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11 editions · 3 languages
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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…

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Editions

11 editions · 3 languages
  • Paperback · English · 1997
    Gallery Books · 240 pages · 9780684836270
  • Hardcover · English · 1996
    Simon & Schuster · 240 pages · 9780684822549
  • Other · English · 2008
    Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 256 pages · 9780575084353
  • Other · English · 1997
    Touchstone · 9781439136409
  • Other · English · 1997
    Exquisite Corpse 24 x Dumpbin
    Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9780753800218
  • Other · English · 1997
    Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 244 pages · 9781857994377
Fiction, horrorFiction, suspenseFiction, thrillers, suspenseFictionCannibalismMurderersSerial murdersSerial murderers