Are You Loathsome Tonight?
Brite, Poppy Z.
ISBN 10: 1887368167 ISBN 13: 9781887368162
Published by Gauntlet Publications, 1998
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One of 2000 copies signed by Brite, Peter Straub (introduction), and author of the afterword Caitlin R. Kiernan. Collects twelve stories. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 000095
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Book by Brite, Poppy Z., Brite, Popy Z.
Reviews: Like the aging Elvis who succumbs to self-destructive indulgences in the title tale, the 12 stories in this collection of transgressive fictions are adrift in a sea of excess. Cannibal zombies, sentient maggots and professional sexual submissives are just a few of the characters at large in the landscapes of death and desire that Brite maps out. In "Entertaining Mr. Orton," a pair of gay lovers rent the apartment where playwright Joe Orton was murdered and fall victim to its legacy of lust and violence. In "Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz," a series of ax slayings that terrorized New Orleans in 1918 are explained as the result of supernatural war between two feuding spirits. "Monday's Special" and "Are You Loathsome Tonight?" both conclude with clinical descriptions of autopsies. Brite's prose and eye for (often gruesome) detail have become more assured since the publication of her previous collection, Swamp Foetus (1993), but her plots have grown comparatively slighter. Too much of the book is filled with vignettes meant to accompany artwork ("In Vermis Veritas"), contributions to very specialized theme anthologies ("Self-Made Man") or outtakes from her own novels that suffer from the loss of context. Available as a signed edition, the book is for hardcore Brite fans only. British paperback rights to Orion.
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Title: Are You Loathsome Tonight?
Publisher: Gauntlet Publications
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Potter, J. K.
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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ARE YOU LOATHSOME TONIGHT?
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Gauntlet Publications, Springfield, 1998
ISBN 10: 1887368167
ISBN 13: 9781887368162
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Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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Hardcovers. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Potter, J. K. (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, the Deluxe Limited issue. One of 2000 unnumbered copies signed by Brite, Peter Straub, illustrator J.K. Potter and Caitlin R. Kiernan on the limitation page. Black & white photos. Unread copy in Fine condition. The dustjacket has a tiny wrinkle at the spine top edge fold which is not immediately apparent. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 12019
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Are You Loathsome Tonight?: Signed Limited #/2000
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Gauntlet Pr, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A., 1998
ISBN 10: 1887368167
ISBN 13: 9781887368162
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Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Potter, J. K. (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-raed copy. The copy, an un-numbered copy of 2000 printed, has been signed by Brite, Peter Straub, Caitlen Kiernan and J. K. Potter. Some things old, somethings new. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Signed By All Contributors. Book. Seller Inventory # 022593
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