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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9781887368254
ISBN number: 1887368256
Label: Gauntlet Press
Manufacturer: Gauntlet Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 185
Printing Date: 2000-05
Publishing house: Gauntlet Press
Sale Popularity Level: 576044
Studio: Gauntlet Press
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This collection by Poppy Z. Brite, author of 'Exquisite Corpse' and 'Love in Vein,' among others, features anew story, 'Monday's Special.' Poppy contributed story notes as well as the Preface.
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This is my very first time reading Poppy Z.Brite and it will most definately be my last. My husband bought this book for me after reading the reviews and seeing that she has wrote along with some of my favorite authors, Stephen King and Peter Straub. I only read two and a half stories before deciding I coudln't take anymore. The story "Saved" was very disturbing and in my opinion, sacrilegious. [...] The stories I read all had homosexual characters and described their sexual activities in way too much detail.
The letter in the front of the book begging the editor not to publish this book was right on in his descriptions of her work. I laughed at very first when I read the letter, but as I read on I started realizing how true his words were. I wish that I had never read her book because it left me feeling ashamed and dirty after reading it. I normally donate or sale my books. I would not feel right passing such trash on for anyone else to read. And as for the cover, I despised the cover from very first glance. It disturbed me somehow, and now that I have read some of the book I see why. So in hindsight, the cover is perfect for the contents.
I advise anyone to not waste their money or time on this book. .
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Having read Liquor, I wanted to read more of Poppy Z. Brite's work. Are You Loathsome Tonight? is quite a surprise. I hadn't expected this sort of writing from Ms. Brite, but I'd been told that this work is right on her alley and that she had branched out of the gothic genre with Liquor. These short stories are a mixture of gothic, paranormal and magic realism with some adult fairy tale elements thrown in for good measure. The writing is incredible -- dark, disarming and creative. My favorite stories are "Vine of the Soul," which from what I've read is the update of a previous story, "Monday's Special," "Self-Made Man," and "King of the Cats." I marvel at how marvelously written these stories are. I have placed Poppy Z. Brite in my "must-read" list. She is a very talented, gifted writer. I cannot recommend this short-story collection enough...
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This book has long since been thrown in the trash!
Wormwood is a terrific book of short stories. The opposite of that book is Are You Loathsome Tonight. There are only 2 stories that are good, the rest are terribly uninteresting or just not enjoyable. It is like Brite is trying too hard to write about shocking things, just to be a rebel. This book was a present and I'm so glad that I didn't pay for it myself. Her very first three books are great, mind you. It's just that this book is sooooo horrible. Brite should give the money back to everyone who has ever bought this book, and apologize for it's awfulness! She starts the book with a letter from someone who doesn't like her which is sort of clever. Too bad what follows is garbage- which is where mine is!
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Are You Loathsome Tonight? Is a remarkable collection of twelve short stories by the Queen of the Macabre Poppy Z. Brite.
In Vermis Veritas paints with all the tasty details the world seen through the eyes of maggots. Arise tells the story of a rocker that who gets help for his come-back from a long forgotten friend. Saved (written together with Christa Faust) is showing the readers the danger of weapons used in bed. King of the Cats (written together with David Ferguson) is a fairy-tale about the love a simple miller's apprentice and the ruler of the Kingdom of Cats. In Self-Made Man a serial killer searches for true love that will never leave. In Pin Money an old debt is settled by the dead. America is a snapshot of a conversation between traveling lovers. Entertaining Mr. Orton shows us the reason why possessed guys are better in bed. In Monday's Special Poppy explains what would have happened if she never started to write. Vine of the Soul starts on the eve of the new millennium, the ideal time for new kicks. Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz is an historical fantasy about the beginning of World War II. Are You Loathsome Tonight? is the perfect illustration of the downfall of a super-star.
Every story of this collection breathes the true spirit of the Gothic genre of which Poppy is a true emissary. Sometimes the reader becomes engulfed by gruesome and detailed descriptions of the most inhuman acts, whereas at the same time the romance seeps slowly through the pages. It is clear that I would not recommend this collection to the faint-hearted, but lovers of Exquisite Corpse will devour this book with an unhealthy, but nevertheless satisfying, voraciousness!
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Did you ever want to be a maggot? Did someone call you a 'filthy little worm' and you really didn't mind at all? Well then, it's your lucky day, because your biography has finally been written. You see, you yourself are the narrator of PZB's short story 'In Vermis Veritas', a monologue-interieur of one of those Darwin's favourite creepy crawlers. And even though this little biography is unauthorized by you, you will notice that halfway through you're all ready be licking your lips with pure joy and delight. Brite cooks up a delicious little tale in which a local slaughterhouse is being described as a kind of McDonald's Drive Inn for maggots. So read closely, and chew on.
Because this is only the very first story in Brite's anthology. And there are more to eat. And talking about eating: Brite's prose itself is even so maggotish: it may bite you once and a while, but in your case it bites playfully and teasingly, and with an almost uncensored tongue-in-cheek.
The only real comment one can make is that the story of a man who was forced to eat raw beans until his stomach bursted ('Monday's special') and the last story ('Are you loathsome tonight?'), about the unsatisfyable urge of devouring and gorging of a certain king of rock 'n' roll, should have been put together as one narration, making the worldfamous singer explode on stage or something while the audience goes: 'O Jeez!' from Hawaii.
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