![]() Īnno Dracula is the smart, hip Year Zero of the vampire genre's ongoing revolution. Once you start reading this Victorian-era thriller, you will not be satiated until you reach the end. Ī marvelous marriage of political satire, melodramatic intrigue, gothic horror, and alternative history. 'Ultimate' seems an apt description.Ī is at once playful, horrific, intelligent, and revelatory. The most comprehensive, brilliant, dazzlingly audacious vampire novel to date. 'A ripping yarn, an adventure romp of the best blood, and a satisfying. ![]() ![]() a fiendishly clever banquet of dark treats.". one of the most creative novels of the year.". Is the definitive account of that post-modern species, the self-obsessed undead.". Kim Newman suspects that most of us live with them. "Stephen King assumes we hate vampires Anne Rice makes it safe to love them, because they hate themselves. Newman's prose is a delight, his attention to detail is spellbinding. Politics, horror, and romance are woven together in this brilliantly imagined and realized novel. Compulsory reading, commentary, and mindgame: glorious. ![]() It was the first mash-up of literature, history and vampires, and now, in a world in which vampires are everywhere, it's still the best, and its bite is just as sharp. Kim Newman's Anno Dracula is back in print, and we must celebrate. ![]()
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