Title of a novel by American author
Poppy Z. Brite.
Basically, the book is a "
road movie" kind of story about
vampires,
drugs,
sex (mostly
homosexuality or
bisexuality),
blood,
alcohol,
New Orleans, more alcohol, and even more homosexuality. Many references to the
Goth subculture are also included. But such a book is far from being
basic and should never be explained basically.
You have to read it to know.
Characters include
Nothing (young bisexual vampire),
Zillah (Nothing's father, obviously another vampire),
Steve and
Ghost (maybe the true heroes of the book, but who could talk about
heroes in such a book?). Steve and Ghost are also the two members of the rock
band Lost Souls?, which was used as the
title of the book.
IMHO, this is Poppy Z. Brite's weakest
work, and it is still a wonderful novel, a
trip I enjoyed to say the least.