Anno Dracula - Kim Newman [0]
“Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula is back in print, and we must celebrate. 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. Compulsory reading, commentary, and mindgame: glorious.”
— Neil Gaiman
“Anno Dracula couldn’t be more fun if Bram Stoker had scripted it for Hammer. It’s a beautifully constructed Gothic epic that knocks almost every other vampire novel out for the count.”
— Christopher Fowler
“Bloody excellent. Kim Newman has exsanguinated the best of fact and fiction and created a vivid vampirous Victorian world uniquely his own. This clever, delicious extravaganza – Hammer Horror meets True (Blue) Blood – is just the tonic for the year of a Royal Wedding.” — Stephen Volk
“Anno Dracula is the smart, hip Year Zero of the vampire genre’s ongoing revolution.” — Paul McAuley
“A brilliantly witty parallel-world saga... builds sure-footedly to a bravura climax which entirely redefines ‘Victorian values’.”
— Daily Telegraph
“A tour de force which succeeds brilliantly.” — The Times
“A marvellous marriage of political satire, melodramatic intrigue, gothic horror and alternative history. Not to be missed.”
— The Independent
“The most comprehensive, brilliant, dazzlingly audacious vampire novel to date. ‘Ultimate’ seems an apt description... Anno Dracula is at once playful, horrific, intelligent and revelatory... Newman’s prose will remain gloriously unique.” — Locus
COMING SOON:
ANNO DRACULA: THE BLOODY RED BARON
ANNO DRACULA: DRACULA CHA CHA CHA
ANNO DRACULA: JOHNNY ALUCARD
ANNO DRACULA
ISBN: 9780857685339
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First edition: May 2011
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Contents
1. In The Fog
2. Genevieve
3. The After-Dark
4. Commercial Street Blues
5. The Diogenes Club
6. Pandora’s Box
7. The Prime Minister
8. The Mystery Of The Hansom Cab
9. A Carpathian Quartet
10. Spiders In Their Webs
11. Matters Of No Importance
12. Dawn Of The Dead
13. Strange Fits Of Passion
14. Penny Stamps
15. The House In Cleveland Street
16. A Turning Point
17. Silver
18. Mr Vampire
19. The Poseur
20. New Grub Street
21. In Memoriam
22. Good-Bye, Little Yellow Bird
23. Headless Chickens
24. A Premature Post-Mortem
25. A Walk In Whitechapel
26. Musings And Mutilations
27. Dr Jekyll And Dr Moreau
28. Pamela
29. Mr Vampire II
30. The Penny Drops
31. The Raptures And Roses Of Vice
32. Grapes Of Wrath
33. The Dark Kiss
34. Confidences
35. A Dynamite Party