Second in the award-winning George Miles Cycle, “as intense a
dissection of human relationships and obsession that modern literature
has ever attempted” (The Guardian). When Dennis is thirteen, he
sees a series of photographs of a boy apparently unimaginably
mutilated. Dennis is not shocked but stunned by their mystery and
their power; their glimpse at the reality of death. Some years later,
Dennis meets the boy who posed for the photographs. He did it for
love. Surrounded by images of violence, the celebrity of horror,
news of disease, a wasteland of sex, Dennis flies to Europe, having
discovered some clues about the photographs: “I see these criminals
on the news who’ve killed someone methodically, and they’re free.
They know something amazing. You can just tell.” An isolated
windmill in Holland provides the perfect setting for Dennis to find
out more about bodies—of which there are many—and what is inside
them. In Frisk, as in the award-winning Closer, Dennis Cooper
explores the limits of our knowledge and the dividing line between the
body and the spirit. Frisk is a novel about the power of fantasy and
faith, about the ecstasy and horror of being human. “A
significant work of fiction. Cooper . . . wants to lead us into the
wormy heart of the murderous impulse.” —Michael Cunningham,
Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours “Destined to classic
status.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review “Dennis Cooper, a
disturbing and transcendent artist, enters the mind of a killer and
comes out with genuine revelation.” —Michael Silverblatt, host of
Bookworm “An electrifying study in carnage.” —The Sunday
Times
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ISBN
9781555847739
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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