Out of print for ages, it's finally back in 2011! Just think: if I'd read Anno Dracula back then, I'd have had well over 15 years to recommend it to people. But last month I found a perfect edition of the original Avon paperback and bought it on a whim. Shame, because I'd loved loved loved Newman's book on the modern horror film, Nightmare Movies (1988). For some reason, when reading its jacket, I just thought, Oh, sounds kinda cool, but wasn't overly convinced of its readability and anything about the British monarchy generally bores me beyond tears. Would that I read it upon its original publication, when I was working in a big chain bookstore and reading at a pace like never before or since (blame the internets). Look, I'm just gonna jump in head-first and not fuck around: Anno Dracula, the fourth non-pseudonymous novel from British film writer Kim Newman, is one of the most accomplished and thoroughly enjoyable novels I've read, not just for Too Much Horror Fiction, but, like, ever.
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