Exquisite Corpse

London/New Orleans, late 1980s: HIV wreaks havoc in the queer communities around the globe - and AIDS becomes the nightmarish spectre that threatens to kill anyone it comes into contact with. Set in the buzzling streets of the French Quarter, the reader follows the intertwining stories of four queer man - and their struggle to survive. Although, some of them have a much easier time to do so than their soon-to-be victims. Poppy Z. Brite created a dazzling yet gloomy portrait of the queer reality, living through the AIDS crisis, facing societal repercussions and ostracization - and to top it all off, surviving a serial killer on the loose.