Already Dead
ISBN: 1841495263
ISBN13: 9781841495262
Publication date: February 2007
Price: £6.99
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'ALREADY DEAD is an incredible book. . . the horror debut of a writer who's equally at home on the wider shores of crime, noir and comedy fiction. You might think blending all those genres would be a clumsy disaster, but Charlie Huston has written a book that is the most horrific and the most hilarious novel to hit the bookshelves in a long time' — SFX
'Laced with explicit violence and neat characterisation, Already Dead skilfully interweaves a hidden vampire Manhattan with the city we think we know in a pacy, gripping read' — The Guardian
'Brutal, stylishly noir thriller. . . a contemporary edge' — The Times
'Great fun and an addictive read. . . a wonderfully vicious, noirer than noir tale' — Yossarian, waterstones.com
'As sharply dialogued as a Tarantino movie . . . excellent' — Interzone
'An irresistible and fiendishly original take on the vampire myth' — Publishers Weekly
They live among us, slaves to the very condition that empowers them. They are the Vampyre, and their sole chance at survival lies in banding into Clans.
Only Joe Pitt has gone his own way. The upside is freedom. The downside is there’s nobody on his side when trouble comes around. Joe gets rough receptions from all the countless Clans shifting about on the island of Manhattan, but his current trouble is with the Coalition – the Clan that controls the city river to river, from 14th Street to 110th Street.
To make things right, Joe takes on his most perilous case. The daughter of a prominent New York family is missing, and her Vampyre fascination makes Joe the ideal man for this high-stakes job.
With his ferocious style, Charlie Huston offers a thrilling new twist to one of our oldest myths.
