THE VAMPIRES OF ALFAMA ... Translated from the French by Peter de Polnay. London: W. H. Allen, 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition in English. Leftist historical fantasy set in eighteenth century Europe. A vampire scientist is trying to bring physical immortality to man, to bypass the kind offered by the Church. "A brilliant novel by a noted film critic, spectacular in its grotesquerie and eroticism; it boldly offers the vampire a role more aptly heroic than those subsequently popularized by such writers as Saberhagen ... and Yarbro ..." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-159. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some rubbing at edges. (#141849).
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