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Once again, Brite proves why he is my favorite author through the use of his prose. That being said, I have to admit that this is the first novel that has legitimately made me feel squeamish while reading.

We can probably agree that I’m sort of the horror girl on here, since I tend to review darker and spookier books.

Ultimately all four characters converge on a singular bloody night after which their lives will be irrevocably changed - or terminated. Exquisite Corpse unfolds into a labyrinth of murder and love. Luke Ransom, Tran’s ex-lover, who is dying of AIDS and who intends to wreak ultimate havoc before leaving this world. Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London’s Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, and punctuated by rants from radio talk show host Lush Rimbaud, a.k.a. 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. To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art.