Vlad

To think of it, it's THE perfect novel to read on a rainy, rainy afternoon while sipping ultrahot but strong cappuccino at a posh Sanborn's in Mexico DF.........more

Fuentes serves up a vampire yarn in a minimalist style. Compared to many of his other works, this one is straightforward, short, and perhaps a departure from his ordinary fare. What begins as a hilarious and subtly creepy familial tale, complete with comedic and eccentric descriptions of a Count morp......more

Dracula in Mexico. As soon as I saw the synopsis, I wanted to read it. But, don't expect Dracula gallivanting around the city. This novel is mostly confined to Vlad's new home, which our main character (Yves), as an attorney, helped find and secure for him. The arrival of Vlad immediately disrupts Yv......more

A short vampiric tale, perhaps Fuentes’s response to the Twilight phenomenon. Vlad the Impaler is back and seeks fresh blood from a stoic lawyer’s wife and daughter. Tongue-in-cheeky, and faintly horrific.......more

A woman's hand in black gloves offered me the platter of organ meat. I felt revulsion, but my manners required that I take a bit of liver from here and a bit of tripe from there. . . Yves Navarro finds himself a slave to class and upbringing throughout his encounter with the supernatural, this occurs......more