Article: Biting back: twenty years after The Hunger, a sequel retains its homoerotic heritage. (culture).(book The Last Vampire)(Brief Article)

If you didn't read Whitley Strieber's The Hunger, you undoubtedly saw the stylish film starring Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, and David Bowie. Strieber's new book, The Last Vampire (Pocket Books, $24.95), reunites us with Deneuve's character, the beautiful and deadly Miriam Blaylock. The time has come for the vampires' centennial conclaves, and Miriam is searching for a suitable mate to help her conceive a child. Instead, she stumbles on Interpol agent Paul Ward, whose secret vampire extermination team threatens to destroy Miriam and her entire race. A dangerous global game of cat and mouse ensues, blurring the line between good and evil and leaving room for only one ...

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