The Lives of the Dead
Charles Smith. Washington Square Press, $9 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-74713-8
Questions about the relationship of artist to oeuvre are raised in this tale of a cult-filmmaker so engrossed in a project about a fictitious serial killer that his characters become real to him. ``Blisteringly beautiful,'' said PW. Smith ``fashions an unforgettable realm, as violent as it is sensuous.'' (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 11/04/1991
Genre: Fiction