Dimensions
156 x 234 x 38mm
Of Vampires And Vampirism
A century after Bram Stoker made the vampire one of the most potent images in all literature, the cult of the undead is as alive as ever. In the S & M clubs on New York City and rooms above pubs in England, opera capes are unfolded, silver-topped canes polished, top hats dusted off, prosthetic fangs taken carefully from their boxes, black nail polish applied, red-tinted contact lenses eased into place . . .
In 'Children Of The Night', Tony Thorne, author of the acclaimed 'Countess Dracula', provides the ultimate account of the history, meaning and resonance of the vampire, from prehistoric, biblical and classical precursors, through the vampire in print and celluloid to the very latest incarnations of a phenomenon which simply will not die.
