Things completed:
Plane ticket to SF
Voted
Things not completed:
Grading Exams
Grading Papers
Halloween Costume
Paper for 600
RIP Challenge
Plane ticket for NO
Do I detect a pattern here?
Well anyway - Happy Halloween!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Review: Exquisite Corpse
by Poppy Z. Brite
I had read this book before, but decided to tackle it again b/c I found a pristine copy in the used book story for $1.* Essentially, it is a love story - seriously, but to steal a line from Fiona McGavin "you shouldn't love anyone that much."
The plot very basically is that two serial killers, one from New Orleans and one from London meet up through chance in a bar called "The Hand of Glory"**, and decide to murder then eat this local from N.O. Actually, my favorite scene is the meeting b/w Jay and Andrew. Both are in the bar looking for a victim, but obviously get something completly unexpected, and find in each other similar affinities, which eventually leads to them attacking Tran (the local). There is a second subplot involving the potential victim's boyfriend who has AIDS and is angry at the world, but those sections have always annoyed me, and are the least interesting aspects of the book.
Actually, several parts of Exquisite Corpse are based on the real life story of Jeffrey Dahmer. And while I don't find many things truly horrifying, there are a couple of scenes in this book that are entirely too much. One occurs at the beginning involving a boy named Fido and some bleach, the second is near the end and has something to do with a screwdriver - enough said. Out of PZB's novels that I have read this is my least favorite, but her writing is still evocative and beautiful.
Now the real question is, can I complete this challenge and read one more book before the end of the month.....
* too good of a deal to pass up
**I'm too lazy to make sure that is the name, but I'm fairly certain.
I had read this book before, but decided to tackle it again b/c I found a pristine copy in the used book story for $1.* Essentially, it is a love story - seriously, but to steal a line from Fiona McGavin "you shouldn't love anyone that much."
The plot very basically is that two serial killers, one from New Orleans and one from London meet up through chance in a bar called "The Hand of Glory"**, and decide to murder then eat this local from N.O. Actually, my favorite scene is the meeting b/w Jay and Andrew. Both are in the bar looking for a victim, but obviously get something completly unexpected, and find in each other similar affinities, which eventually leads to them attacking Tran (the local). There is a second subplot involving the potential victim's boyfriend who has AIDS and is angry at the world, but those sections have always annoyed me, and are the least interesting aspects of the book.
Actually, several parts of Exquisite Corpse are based on the real life story of Jeffrey Dahmer. And while I don't find many things truly horrifying, there are a couple of scenes in this book that are entirely too much. One occurs at the beginning involving a boy named Fido and some bleach, the second is near the end and has something to do with a screwdriver - enough said. Out of PZB's novels that I have read this is my least favorite, but her writing is still evocative and beautiful.
Now the real question is, can I complete this challenge and read one more book before the end of the month.....
* too good of a deal to pass up
**I'm too lazy to make sure that is the name, but I'm fairly certain.
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