THEY THIRST

McCammon, Robert R.

ISBN 10: 1870532228 / ISBN 13: 9781870532228

Published by Kinnell, London, 1990

About this Item

Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. A "tour-de-force of modern vampire fiction whose large cast of characters and clever rendering of a contemporary urban setting as a classic Gothic landscape show McCammon's skill at evoking horrors on an epic scale." - Stefan Dziemianowicz. The author's fourth novel. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-225. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: Another 100 Best Books 70. Winter list, p. 270. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with small U.S. bookstore price sticker affixed to front flap. (#141820).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THEY THIRST
• Publisher: Kinnell, London
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1870532228
• ISBN 13: 9781870532228
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Vampire Fiction
  • Horror
  • Supernatural

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Synopsis

A classic of modern horror fiction

From the Inside Flap

First published in 1981, ''They Thirst'' was Robert McCammon's fourth novel, and it remains one of the major milestones of an ambitious, constantly evolving career. Like its predecessors--''Baal, '' ''Bethany's Sin, '' and ''The Night Boat''--''They Thirst'' made its initial appearance as a paperback original. In the years since, it has acquired an intensely devoted following, and is now widely regarded as one of the significant vampire novels of the 20th century.

The story begins in the tiny Hungarian hamlet of Krajeck, where nine-year-old Andre Palatazin awaits the return of his father from an unspecified--but clearly dangerous--mission. The man who finally returns is no longer Andre's father--is no longer, in fact, a man. Pursued by this undead entity, Andre and his mother barely escape with their lives. Decades later, Andre--now Andy--Palatazin is a homicide detective in the Los Angeles Police Department, and spends his days dealing with the quotidian terrors of a large metropolis. His life takes a darker turn when the demonic forces he first encountered in Krajeck arrive in L.A., led by an ancient vampire known as The Master. The Master's plan: to overrun the city and use it as a stepping-stone toward wider, ultimately global, domination.

''They Thirst'' marks the earliest appearance of McCammon's penchant for epic, wide-angled narratives. With the unobtrusive ease of a natural storyteller, the author propels a wide assortment of vividly created characters through an apocalyptic scenario that combines gritty urban realism with a powerful portrait of supernatural forces at large in the modern world. The result is a genuine classic of the genre, a novel that is as fresh and absorbing today as it was more than thirty years ago.