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Sex, blood and a haunted house - from the master of gothic horror
At a house in Missing Mile, just outside New Orleans, little Trevor McGee found the bodies of his brother, his mother, and the man who killed them both - his father.
Twenty years later, the house lies abandoned. Trevor returns, with his lover Zach, a fugitive computer hacker, determined to uncover what drove his father to madness and murder.
But in confronting the demonic forces that destroyed the McGee family, Trevor unleashes a new terror. And risks his life all over again . . .
From the author of the original cult novel of vampire chic, Lost Souls, comes a graphic, gothic tale of love, lust and a haunted house of horror
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Poppy Z. Brite is the author of eight novels and four short story collections. She began her career as a novelist in 1992 with Lost Souls, which has since established itself as a classic of the horror genre, followed by Drawing Blood, her cult reinvention of the haunted house tale. Her most recent work, including the critically acclaimed novel Liquor, is set in the restaurant world of her native city, New Orleans, where she lives with her husband Chris, a chef and restaurateur. They share their home with an oft-changing but always insane number of cats.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Drawing Blood is a fantastic novel from Poppy Z Brite. I read other books of her's first and in comparison Drawing Blood is slower to get started, but altogether builds to a massivively dramatic and involved conclusion. I love the way her books bring people in totally different situations together during the novel, it's fascinating to see how two unrelated people can randomly come together. It's impossible when reading Brite's books not to get totally emotionally involved with the characters, you too go through the trials of Zach and Trevors relationship and experiences, you will laugh with them, cry with them, worry for them, as well as many other sensations. The ending of the book is wonderfully surreal and makes a beautiful finish to brilliant story. A must-read for any Poppy Z Brite fan but also read to open your eyes to a different culture of literature. Fantastic.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This was the first Poppy Z Brite novel I read. Its not chronalogically the first, but read it anyway. Weird tale of lust and addiction set in New Orleans and the deep south. So descriptive I could almost taste it. A definite underworld favourite. If you have any interest in the gothic, comic books or the alternative scene, read this and the rest of her books, even the books that have a culinary twist - they arent what they seem.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Brite surpasses Rice...and does it with fewer words
7 Mar 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I stumbled onto Poppy Brite quite by accident. I read the cover summary of her first book, "Lost Souls?" and thought it sounded interesting. I read that title in two days. Luckily, her second novel, "Drawing Blood," had just been released. I picked it up and finished it in one day. When I put it down, my first thought was, "Good, but not as good as 'Lost Souls'." But as the days went on, it was "Drawing Blood" that continued to reverberate in my mind. I have now read it over 10 times and find more depth with every reading. Brite has the ability to create characters that feel as if they are your best friends, and creates locales with the mastery of a poet. A big Anne Rice fan, I was amazed by Brite's ability to accomplish far more with her characters and settings with less verbosity. Never once did I skim any of Brite's books. Don't get me wrong, I am still an Anne Rice fan, but with Anne Rice, I often found myself skipping over pages that detailed one cornerstone of a building. Also, unlike Rice, Brite does not mince words about her characters' lives. Whereas Rice hints at same sex attraction between her characters, Brite creates no allusion...her characters are out-and-out gay just as her straight characters are definately straight. "Drawing Blood" is an amazing character study, an endearing love story, and a treatise on psychological horror. Think of it as "The Shining" of the nineties with a distinctly GenX flavor.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
My favorite Poppy book...
23 Oct 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I recently re-read this book, and I was amazed all over again at how good it is. Okay, Poppy may very well be the most obsessed writer since David Goodis (I'm not sure she could write a book without going into her manias about "beautiful gay boys in love" and how cool it is to get drunk and smoke pot and overglorification of the whole superficial goth scene), but she writes so incredibly well that it's pretty easy to overlook those things. Poppy's the kind of writer who makes you jealous... if you write, it's inspirational to read her because you continually run across a finely-turned sentence or a certain description that just floors you, and you want to try and top it. And, you usually can't. I'm now re-reading _Lost Souls_ and enjoying it, too, even though I think this book is still the best thing she's written so far. I reccommend all her books, and if you like Poppy, then you're sure to love Caitlin R. Kiernan as well - _Silk_ is incredible. Poppy's not for everyone, I think - it's strong stuff in many ways - but if you can handle it, you'll be well-rewarded.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A great read
8 May 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I think I must be one of those few poeple who like Drawing Blood better than Lost Souls, Poppy Z Brite's much more touted debut novel, although Lost Souls was very good also. Lost Souls was basically a coming of age story spiced up with some twisted vampire lore. Drawing Blood, on the other hand, is a love story; and I've always been a real 'sucker' for a good love story, gay or straight. As always, Brite's characters are vividly drawn and colorful, and her prose is so smooth and mellow that you hate to see the book end.
I've read where some have criticize the over abundance of gay sex loving detailed in this book. But, hey, I'd read those any day over that terrible scene of Steve raping Anne in Lost Souls.
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