Exquisite corpse is a horror novel by american writer poppy z brite the protagonist of the story is andrew compton an english convicted homosexual serial killer cannibal and necrophiliac brite has described it as a necrophilic cannibalistic serial killer love story that explores the seamy politics of victimhood and disease. Exquisite corpse was written in this way because it suits the mood of the novel a world where people are dying from a ravishing disease and embrace death as an escape where we are thrust into the minds of murderers of the most sickening sort a literal hell on earth this novel is without love without hope without any semblance of normalcy poppy took a chance on writing this novel and i praise her for it exquisite corpse is relatively short which some will think of as a blessing . Set in london paris and munich in the 1940s and 1950s exquisite corpse is like irwins cult classic the arabian nightmare a novel about the strange and ever morphing powers of the imagination. Get this from a library the exquisite corpse a novel alfred chester lyric and tender one moment cruel and dizzying the next this cult classic neither celebrates perversity nor laments it rather it projects it as part of mans never ending search for a true self . In addition to the exquisite corpse ms kushner has authored five other novels life sucks death bites hollywood warlock ingeneious comeuppance and me and you inc she also writes the blogs happy nice time people and tv recappers anonymous the latter of which since its inception in january 2010 has received upwards of 5 million hits and is read in over 30 different countries tv recappers anonymous can be found at the following web address http tvrecappersanonymouswordpresscom