Exquisite Corpse
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Exquisite Corpse” is extreme horror told from inside its killers’ heads, with nothing held back. Brite follows Andrew Compton, a convicted English serial killer, and frames murder, cannibalism and necrophilia as a love story. Some readers find the narrators, a killer and an abusive lover, repellent by design and the absence of any moral character depressing; others note how easily it reads. Only for those with a strong stomach.
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About the book
Exquisite Corpse is a horror novel by American writer William J. Martin. 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."
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.9 across 100 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 5 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 6.8 | 95 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Exquisite Corpse?
It has 256 pages — shorter than 83% of the ranked books in Horror.
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