Andrew and Jay’s crimes are truly sickening and vile, as is to be expected, but as the reader becomes more and more immersed in their world and their romance, you can’t help but find yourself, however unwillingly, rooting for their relationship to succeed. But Lucas, seeking to reunite with Tran, may get in the pair’s way, leading to a devastating climax.īrite’s mastery in this novel is how he makes the reader empathise with utter monsters.
Escaping his UK prison for New Orleans by entering a cataleptic trance, Andrew meets and fixates himself on Byrne, becoming his lover, and the two select Tran as the perfect victim of their depravity.
Inspired by the true life murders of serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and Dennis Nilsen, the story follows four characters: English killer and cannibal Andrew Compton (inspired by Nilsen), Jay Byrne (inspired by Dahmer), a fellow cannibal and necrophiliac, Vietnamese runaway Tran, and Tran’s pirate radio host lover Lucas.
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