If gay director Bill Condon (Gods & Monsters, Kinsey, Dreamgirls) making the best use of Taylor Lautner and Rob Pattinson this weekend has you wanting to suck some blood, you can thank Christopher Rice for turning me on to a new novel inclusive of gay vampires. Michael Rowe says of his Enter, Night:
"In many ways, I guess, Enter, Night is a very retro vampire novel. The devastation that vampirism wreaks on the population it infects is significant in the book. In many ways, it mirrors the devastation that other parasitic elements in the story also wreak -- anti-Indian prejudice, homophobia, tyrannical families, and carnivorous small towns.
"And underlying it, of course, is the fact that the vampire himself is a resurrected Catholic priest who came to Canada in the 17th century to colonize the Indians. The concept of colonialism is surely the ultimate vampirism -- feeding off an indigenous population, consuming them, and making them like you."
Read the full interview in the Winnipeg Free Press.
Craving more? Here's a Good Reads list of 210 novels with gay vampires.
[Yes, I know he's a werewolf.]
He's a were-WOOF!
(sorry, I couldn't resist....)
Posted by: bob Smith | November 21, 2011 at 12:08 PM