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Dracula will never be the same for me. I've been reading Fuentes since the late 80s, and I'm so sorry that there won't be any more to look forward to. But on the other hand, what an incredible body of work. This is not an afterthought book, or a gimme for the publisher. This is the real deal, and I enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed his previous novels.
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Dracula comes to Mexico City for an allegorical metaphor of sucking the blood out of the country, but Fuentes pulls it off by first, telling a fang-up Dracula story first and just letting the metaphor lurk in the dark shadows.
Very creepy version of Dracula set in Mexico City - a more disgusting vampire than Stoker's. Personally I preferred the novella length since it wasn't drawn out like many contemporary novels. Ultimately the book is about what matters in life and whether the tedium of routine crushes or saves us.
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