Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (706 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1781164223 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fallen from grace and driven from the British Empire, the Count himself seems long gone. As Johnny stalks the streets of Manhattan and Hollywood, sinking his fangs ever deeper into the zeitgeist of 1980s America, it seems the past might not be dead after all…. Transylvania 1976 and the vampire Kate Reed is on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s troubled production of Dracula. A relic of the past. But when Kate helps a young vampire outcast begin a new life in America, a fresh monster is born. He reinvents himself as Johnny Pop and makes his name selling a dangerously addictive drug that confers vampire powers on its users
. Kim Newman is the critically acclaimed author of the Anno Dracula series. He has won the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards
The conclusion hints at further tales to come. As vampire characters from previous books resist Alucard's domination, cash disbursements ensure his success in human society. From Publishers Weekly The transformation in 1944 of a boy into a vampire launches the zany latest entry in Newman's Anno Dracula series of vampire stories, set in an alternate world where Dracula ruled England before dying in 1959. The boy, who goes first by John Popp and later by Johnny Alucard, heads for the bright lights of New York, where he's immersed in Manhattan celebrity culture, and Hollywood, where he's immersed in greed; Newman gleeful
WandersNowhere said Zeitgeist thrill ride, fitting follow up.. As a long time Dracula fan, Kim Newman's Anno Dracula series always both invited and puzzled me. It's at once a biting social commentary on the last two centuries of the human story, a cameo-stuffed, tongue in cheek fan fiction of vampire pop culture writ large and a rollicking fun tale. But the central figure, Dracula himself, has always sat just off-page, sending out shadowy ripples of action and consequence, much talked-about but making only three brief on-page appearances in an entire trilogy. With Johnny Alucard, Newman plunge. "Please continue" according to Robin Johnson. Hope the series continues as the ending rather leaves you hanging. "Five Stars" according to cesar andreu. good