Looking for the ultimate in literary Halloween costumes? Try Sexy Gregor Samsa!

We all know the famous opening line of Kakfa’s short story The Metamorphosis, right?

As Sexy Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy, but sexy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a sexy gigantic insect

Image: American Apparel

This… interesting reinterpretation of Kafka’s tragic character was submitted to a costume competition for American Apparel, but amazingly doesn’t seem to have won.

Our literary Halloween tip is Sexy Winston Smith from Orwell’s 1984 – a blue boiler suit with the legs and arms cut off. Optional: Cage attached to face containing rats in bikinis.