The Secret Life of Laszlo, Count Dracula
by Roderick Anscombe
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The Secret Life of Laszlo, Count Dracula A Truly Great Classic Horror Novel The Ad on the cover of the paperback novel summarizes this book perfectly: "Think Hannibal Lecter by way of Anne Rice". Roderick Anscombe has created a fabulous horror novel with an enchanting style and storytelling of an Anne Rice. You are captured in the very first page of this 400+ page book and it is indeed hard to put this one down. One word of caution for those looking for a true 'Vampire' novel.... you will not find it in this book. The Count Laszlo Dracula portrayed in this story is a 'real' live man, a real count, who has no special Vampiric powers. The struggle of the Hungarian Count is an obsession to savagely rip the throats of young women and lick the blood as it flows. His internal turmoil is his struggle and shapes what his life has become. The psychological drama of the story is beautifully portrayed in every aspect of the Count's life; his internal struggle between good and evil, a doctor and yet a brutal killer, and a fiend behind the saint. Mr. Anscombe has indeed created a wonderful story of the internal strife of a man, with the style of an Anne Rice, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the brutality of a Hannibal Lecter. 6/28/03 |
