Poppy Z. Brite

From the acclaimed author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes the provocative and thrilling serial killer novel that #1 New York Times bestselling author Peter Straub calls "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 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 own 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 New Orleans's French Quarter, Poppy Z. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. With "intelligence, sweep, nerve, knowledge, and deeply unsettling erotic power" (Dennis Cooper, author of Frisk), Exquisite Corpse is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.

Evaso dalla prigione di Painswick, nel Regno Unito, il serial killer Andrew Compton parte alla ricerca di un nuovo posto in cui vivere e poter appagare la sua sete di sangue, che non si mai placata. Il suo viaggio lo conduce a New Orleans, fra le braccia di Jay Byrne, un fotografo dal fascino oscuro che risveglia il suo istinto omicida, ma si rivela tutt'altro che una vittima sacrificale. l'incontro fra due anime oscure, che ben presto finir per coinvolgere Tran, ragazzo vietnamita, ripudiato dalla famiglia a causa della sua omosessualit e in fuga da un amante psicotico. Sullo sfondo del decadente Quartiere Francese, sferzato dalle invettive della radio illegale WHIV, ha inizio cos una macabra danza d'amore e morte, di necrofilia, cannibalismo e solitudine. Un'autopsia spirituale che affonda il bisturi nella carne viva per darci in pasto il lato pi buio dell'anima. Traduzione di Francesca Noto. Illustrazione di copertina di Alessandro Amoruso.

Il secondo romanzo di Poppy Z. Brite (titolo originale Drawing Blood, pubblicato nel 1993), tradotto in Italiano per la prima volta. Trevor McGee a cinque anni si sveglia e scopre che suo padre, il noto disegnatore di fumetti Bobby McGee, ha ucciso la madre e il fratello pi piccolo, per poi impiccarsi. Venti anni dopo Trevor, diventato anche lui un disegnatore di fumetti come suo padre, torna nella cittadina di Missing Mile, nella casa dove stata sterminata la sua famiglia, in cerca di risposte: Perch suo padre gli ha risparmiato la vita? Nel frattempo l'hacker diciannovenne Zachary Bosch, anche lui tormentato da una difficile infanzia, arriva a Missing Mile in fuga dai suoi crimini di pirateria informatica. I due si innamorano e, con l'aiuto di Zach e attraverso l'uso di sostanze allucinogene, Trevor riesce a trovare un accesso verso gli orribili segreti del suo passato entrando in Birdland, una realt parallela, uno stato psichico che emerge da un fumetto del padre, che come un fantasma vaga nel limbo del continuum degli scenari da lui stesso creati. Lo spirito dei vent'anni, l'omosessualit e la giovinezza raccontata dall'autrice attraverso una prosa lirica, decadente, evocativa, accompagnata dalle note di Charlie Parker.Illustrazione di copertina di George Cotronis, Traduzione di Francesca Noto.

Dalla Regina dello Splatterpunk, una selezione dei suoi racconti pi celebri, molti dei quali tradotti in Italiano per la prima volta: La Palude delle Lanterne (Lantern Marsh, 2000); La Sesta Sentinella (The Sixth Sentinel, 1992); Calcutta, Signora delle Impudenze (Calcutta Lord of Nerves, 1992); Mussolini e il Jazz dell'Uomo con l'Ascia (Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz, 1995); La sua bocca sapr di assenzio (His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood, 1990); Il Cuore di New Orleans (The Heart of New Orleans, 2002); Risvegli (Self-Made Man, 1996).Tra spettri, fantasmi, voodoo, cannibali, creature, cimiteri e cadaveri, amanti e musei di morte che animano la sua dark New Orleans spesso protagonista, scenario e madre delle storie, l'autrice, vero e proprio cult del genere, canta il suo innovativo, malinconico, brutale e poetico horror dal sapore di assenzio, dipingendolo con decadente e magnetico splendore.Traduzioni di Francesca Noto e Alessandro Manzetti. Illustrazione di copertina di Giampaolo Frizzi

hese two short novels bookend Poppy Z. Brite's cheerfully chaotic series starring two chefs in New Orleans. The Value of X introduces G-man and Rickey, who grew up in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward and who are slowly realizing there are only two important things in life: cooking and each other. Rickey's parents aren't quite so taken with the boy's plans and get him an impossible-to-resist place at the Culinary Institute of America. In D*U*C*K, Rickey and G-man's restaurant, Liquor, is doing well but there are the usual complications of running a kitchen: egos get bruised, people get fired ...and then Rickey is jumped in an alley by one of their ex-waiters. On the mend, Rickey takes a side job to cater the annual Ducks Unlimited banquet, where every course must, of course, include the ducks the hunters have bagged. Rickey's crew are ready to meet the challenge, but Rickey's not sure he can do it all and deal with the guest of honor-his childhood hero, former New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert. "Fun foodie fiction, and readers will scarf it down as quickly as a plate of blackened crawfish." -Publishers Weekly Originally published in limited hardcover editions, these two novels are full of the pure joy of love, hard work, and great food and are a tremendous extension (or introduction) to Brite's series. Praise fo the Rickey and G-man stories: "A high-end restaurant is...a gift that keeps on giving. The heat, the bickerings and intrigue, the pursuit of perfection, the dodgy money keeping it all afloate: the setting spawns plots...Can the [Liquor] franchise sustain itself? The answer is yes."-New York Times "World-class satire and perfect New Orleans lit."-Andrei Codrescu "Steeped in spicy dialogue and [New Orleans] flavor...a behind-the-swinging-door peek into the world of chefs."-Entertainment Weekly Poppy Z. Brite's fiction set in the New Orleans restaurant world includes Prime, Liquor, and Soul Kitchen. She has also published five other novels and three short story collections. She lives with her husband Chris, a chef, in New Orleans.

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Hooked on painkillers after being injured on the job and owing money to his source, the crooked Dr. Lamotte, Rickey agrees to open a restaurant on a lakefront casino boat in which Lamotte and a silent partner have invested a fortune, only to discover that the line cook, an old friend with a past, is a convicted murderer and that Lamotte's partner has some highly sinister connections. Original. 25,000 first printing.

A sexy new repackaging of the extremely popular anthology of vampire erotica, edited by acclaimed author Poppy Z. Brite. The classic horror tale is about fear. But in the last few years a new literature of the macabre has arisen, one that goes deeper than horror, beyond fear, to explore our darkest, most intimate hungers. The ones even lovers are forbidden to share. Acclaimed dark fantasy author Poppy Z. Brite has brought together this genre's most powerful and seductive authors in an original collection of vampiric erotica, a shameless celebration of unspeakable intimacies. It is not for everyone. But neither is the night.

In the sequel to Liquor, two years after the opening of their restaurant, Rickey and G-Man are determined to gain financial independence from their backer, Lenny, especially with Lenny under investigation by an ambitious New Orleans D.A., a situation complicated by the murder of Rickey's old acquaintance, chef Cooper Stark, and the victim's unexpected wealth, which he has left to Rickey. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Two line cooks decide to open their own restaurant in New Orleans in the second book in the Rickey and G-Man series by novelist Poppy Z. Brite. New Orleans natives Rickey and G-man are lifetime friends and down-and-out line cooks desperate to make a quick buck. When Rickey concocts the idea of opening a restaurant in their alcohol-loving hometown where every dish packs a spirited punch, they know they're on their way to the bank. With some wheeling and dealing, a slew of great recipes, and a few lucky breaks, Rickey and G-man are soon on their way to opening Liquor, their very own restaurant. But first they need to pacify a local crank who doesn't want to see his neighborhood disturbed, sidestep Rickey's deranged ex-boss, rein in their big-mouth silent partner before he runs amok, and stay afloat in a stew of corruption in a town well known for its bottom feeders. A manic, spicy romp through the kitchens, back alleys, dive bars, and drug deals of the country's most sublimely ridiculous city, author Poppy Z. Brite masterfully shakes equal parts ambition, scandal, cocaine, and murder, and serves Liquor straight up, with a twist.