In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life... the story of a vampire gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood.
'The second most influential vampire novel of all time'--THE TIMES
'A spine-chilling nightmare.., highly accomplished ... an impressive feat of imagination'--SUNDAY TIMES
'Compulsively readable... From the beginning we are hypnotised... The reader feels he has glimpsed experiences no mortal ever had'--CHICAGO TRIBUNE