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_bV5313 2012
082 0 0 _aLAS FIC FUE
100 1 _aFuentes, Carlos
_d(1928-2012)
240 1 0 _aVlad
_l. English
245 1 0 _aVlad
_c/ Carlos Fuentes ; translated by E. Shaskan Bumas and Alejandro Branger.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aChampaign, Ill.
_b: Dalkey Archive Press
_c, 2012.
300 _a122 p.
_c; 19 cm.
520 _aAttorney Yves Navarro is ordered by his boss to find a home for his longtime Eastern European friend Vladimir Radu who is moving to Mexico City. The task is simplified somewhat because Yves's wife is a realtor who doesn't question the odd requirements for the house: blacked-out windows, drains in all the floors, and a tunnel connected to a ravine. One evening after having dined at the mansion, Yves is drugged and trapped inside but manages to escape through the tunnel which, to his surprise, is lined with coffins, in one of which reposes Vladimir. Realizing that Vlad is a vampire, Yves tries to extricate himself and his family who have also become implicated in Vlad's nefarious scheme. From there the novella rushes to a sudden but ambiguous denouement.
650 4 _aVampires
_v--Fiction
651 _aMexico
_v--Fiction
655 7 _aOccult fiction
655 7 _aHorror fiction
655 7 _aSuspense fiction
700 1 _aBumas, E. Shaskan
_d, 1961 -
700 1 _aBranger, Alejandro
942 _cLAS
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