{"product_id":"9781564787804","title":"Vlad","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere, Carlos Fuentes asks, is a modern-day vampire to roost? Why not Mexico City, populated by ten million blood sausages (that is, people), and a police force who won’t mind a few disappearances?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Vlad” is Vlad the Impaler, of course, whose mythic cruelty was an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e. In this sly sequel, Vlad really is undead: dispossessed after centuries of mayhem by Eastern European wars and rampant blood shortages. More than a postmodern riff on “the vampire craze,” \u003cem\u003eVlad\u003c\/em\u003e is also an anatomy of the Mexican bourgeoisie, as well as our culture’s ways of dealing with death. For—as in Dracula—Vlad has need of both a lawyer and a real-estate agent in order to establish his new kingdom, and Yves Navarro and his wife Asunción fit the bill nicely. Having recently lost a son, might they not welcome the chance to see their remaining child live forever? More importantly, are the pleasures of middle-class life enough to keep one from joining the legions of the damned?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167491703024,"sku":"9781564787804","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781564787804_p0.jpg?v=1763758281","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781564787804","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}