The Venus Complex
Barbie Wilde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
4.00
· 4 ratings · 234 pages · Published: 01 Nov 2012
Enter into Michael’s world through the pages of his personal journal, where every diseased thought, disturbing dream, politically incorrect rant and sexually explicit murder highlights his journey from zero to psycho.
"The book has been garnering great reviews, firmly confirming the literary course that is now defining Wilde's life. Damaged people, ultraviolence, murder and explicit sex -- what's not to love about her work?" --Chris Alexander, Editor-in-Chief, Fangoria #321
"A novel by a female Cenobite that gives the world a smart, artistic, cynical, cultured serial killer who could give Hannibal Lecter a run for his money." --Gabino Iglesias, Horror Talk: "Top Books of 2012"
"This brilliant look into the mind of a serial killer is full of poetic anger and beautiful vitriolic ranting that it makes you wonder from which pit of hell the lovely Barbie came from. In a genre saturated with bland serial killers, and even blander plots, this book shines out like a beacon." --Ginger Nuts of Horror: "Best Books 2012"
"...she kicked my ass so hard with her first novel. Turns out Barbie Wilde is even scarier than we thought. And that is a terrible, beautiful thing." --New York Times bestselling author John Skipp for Fangoria Online
"Wilde is one of the finest purveyors of erotically charged horror fiction around." --Fangoria #320
"Wilde expertly charts Michael's diabolical descent into voyeurism, stalking and murder in a transgressive tale that would make Patrick Bateman blush." --Alan Kelly, Hell's Shelves, Rue Morgue Online
“As intelligent and cultured as Hannibal, easily as disturbing as American Psycho and infinitely less reassuring than Dexter, this is a sexually-charged real life horror story that will definitely stay with you.” --Paul Kane, award-winning horror and fantasy writer
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