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Cooper says, "I present the actual act of evil so it's visible and give it a bunch of facets so that you can actually look at it and experience it. You're seduced into dealing with it. ... So with Frisk, whatever pleasure you got out of making a picture in your mind based on ... those people being murdered, you take responsibility for it." In unsparingly confessional mode, Cooper leads the reader into a confrontation with what they get out of fantasized scenes of violence. A brilliant novel -- not a genre horror work but, rather, a critique of the power of genre.


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Homoeroticism, brutality and psychosis are explored in this unnervingly lucid account of a man whose fascination with snuff photos and murder leads to a killing spree in Holland.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Grove Press; 1st Evergreen Ed edition (November 11, 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802132898
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802132895
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #376,023 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Chewy, December 30, 2001
Clinging to his memories of fake snuff photographs, the mysterious narrator named Dennis explores the dangers and taboos of sexuality. Finally, in Holland, he finds himself free of restrictions and is able to act upon his dark fantasies. A fascinating tale of fetishes and deep desires that disturbs as it compells the reader onward. While not as lush as Poppy Brite's "Exquisite Corpse" or as satirical as Ellis's "American Psycho", "Frisk" charts its own course along similar territory, coming up with a new revelation. And I have to agree that Cooper's writing style can easily put off readers, and I found "Frisk" to be the most readable of his books I've read.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, gruesome, beautiful words: a true American Psycho., May 1, 2000
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This is one of those rare novels that can fully restore your faith in the written word as a truly higher artform, while simultaneously destroying your faith in humanity. Alternately grisly and utterly fascinating, Cooper's Frisk will take you through a devastating landscape of psychological and sexual depravity, bring you right to the point of absolute empathy, and then save you with a loving reality slap. A truly marvelous work, but certainly not for everyone.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the faint of heart., November 3, 1997
This is Dennis cooper's breakthrough novel, which got him both praise and death threats. The narrator, "Dennis", is obsessed with the connection between sex and death, desire and annihilation. As you read his story, he implicates you in indulging him his fantasy, but he also loves you for listening to him. Don't put it down when it starts to repulse you, because so much is waiting for you at the end.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A Review by Dr. Joseph Suglia
The definitive psychopathology of love has yet to be written. Perhaps it never will be. Love has been praised as a virtue, as the affirmative emotion par excellence at least since... Read more
Published 6 days ago by Dr. Joseph Suglia

5.0 out of 5 stars No one else writes like this
I didn't need to rate any of Cooper's books, but I wanted my 5 stars on the record to balance a couple low-star ratings. Read more
Published on April 26, 2007 by greyhound1954

5.0 out of 5 stars Have Fun with This Book!
This may seem very odd but I pictured the character Dennis as the actor Elijah Wood and it made the book totally hilarious. Read more
Published on August 22, 2005 by jewessjen

1.0 out of 5 stars Enough
Frisk is the gay American Psycho, and like that horrendous novel it revels in grossly repellant violence, and just like American Psycho, you have to ask yourself what the point... Read more
Published on September 26, 2003 by P. Bryant

2.0 out of 5 stars Cooper vs. Brite
I found this to be confusing, due to the narration. It jumps from 1st person to 3rd to 1st again. By jumping like that, it pushed me away from the story rather than be pulled... Read more
Published on June 17, 2001 by L. Heitzman

5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected Beauty
With his award-winning first novel _Closer_, Dennis Cooper established himself as the Marquis de Sade of the Information Age. Read more
Published on May 4, 2000 by Timothy Hulsey

3.0 out of 5 stars lowered expectations
I first reead TRY which I thought is a great and amazing book so I got FRISK. I wasn't too hot about the first part of the book, then it got better with dennis weirding out but... Read more
Published on April 8, 2000 by chris

5.0 out of 5 stars Not a read for everyone
This beautiful work by Dennis Cooper has put itself in the spotlight of modern splatterpunk fiction. Read more
Published on September 19, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharp and engaging
Cooper's breakthrough novel, which paved the way for the superior TRY and GUIDE. The shifting of narrator, geographic landscape and the very intensisty of the sex act make this... Read more
Published on April 5, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars IL ROMANZO DI UNA PERVERSIONE
Ho avuto la fortuna e l'onore di leggere ben due romanzi (Frisk, Ziggy) e un racconto (Sbagliato)di quest'uomo che non esito a definire un genio dei desideri oscuri. Read more
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