It’s a beautifully constructed Gothic epic that knocks almost every other vampire novel out for the count." "Anno Dracula couldn’t be more fun if Bram Stoker had scripted it for Hammer. Newman’s prose will remain gloriously unique." - Locus
Anno Dracula is at once playful, horrific, intelligent and revelatory. "The most comprehensive, brilliant, dazzlingly audacious vampire novel to date. a fiendishly clever banquet of dark treats" - San Francisco Chronicle "A ripping yarn, an adventure romp of the best blood, and a satisfying… read" - Washington Post Book World "A marvellous marriage of political satire, melodramatic intrigue, gothic horror and alternative history. "A tour de force which succeeds brilliantly" - The Times
Newman's prose is a delight, his attention to detail spellbinding" - Time Out "Politics, horror and romance are woven together in this brilliantly imagined and realised novel. one of the most creative novels of the year" - Seattle Times "A brilliantly witty parallel-world saga… builds sure-footedly to bravura climax which entirely redefines ‘Victorian values’" - Daily Telegraph Kim Newman suspects that most of us live with them… Anno Dracula is the definitive account of that post-modern species, the self-obsessed undead." - New York Times "Stephen King assumes we hate vampires Anne Rice makes it safe to love them, because they hate themselves.
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