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Article: THE SECRET LIFE OF LASZLO, COUNT DRACULA, by Roderick Anscombe; Hyperion (409 pages, $22.95). (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- September 7, 1994
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Roderick Anscombe's first novel, ``The Secret Life of Laszlo, Count Dracula,'' is a stunning reconfiguration of the psychic and sexual terrain broached by Bram Stoker in his classic ``Dracula.''
What makes that earlier tale of bloodlust so interesting is the way it barely conceals its characters' repressed sexual desires by using the vampire as a mirror to reflect them. Anscombe raises the stakes significantly.
``Secret Life'' attempts to penetrate directly into Dracula's mind. To this end, Anscombe has made a number of crucial inversions that bring the legend face to face with modernity.
Like Anne Rice in her ``Vampire Chronicles,'' Anscombe has given the vampire, ...
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