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| Author | Kim Newman |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Anno Dracula series |
| Genre | Alternate history,horror |
| Publisher | Carroll & Graf |
Publication date | 1998 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover andpaperback) |
| Pages | 291 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-380-73229-7 |
| OCLC | 42805587 |
| Preceded by | The Bloody Red Baron |
| Followed by | Johnny Alucard |
Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha (re-titledJudgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959 upon initial U.S. release) is analternate history/horror novel by British writerKim Newman.[1][2] First published in 1998 byCarroll & Graf, it is the third book in theAnno Dracula series.
In 1959, several of the world's notable vampires gather inRome for the wedding ofCount Dracula. Nefarious schemes are afoot and being investigated by British Intelligence,the Diogenes Club, and several others, including a British spy on the trail of a sinister madman with a white cat.
The book is analternate history novel set in a world whereVan Helsing never killed Dracula. The version of Rome shown in the book is heavily influenced by Italian filmmakerFederico Fellini. As always in the series, the novel contains a number of characters from other fictional works, though due to copyright restrictions some are not named or are given aliases.
Some of these identity shifts are quite clear (such as the character of Commander Hamish Bond, based onJames Bond, who has a fondness for martinis, drives anAston Martin, carries aWalther PPK, has the Scots version of the name "James" for his name, and gets to say "the bitch is dead."), while some are more obscure (a Kansas football player namedKent, for example).
The novel's original title is inspired byBruno Martino's song "Dracula Cha Cha" (1959) ("La voce del padrone", 7 MQ 1271), which appears on the albumI grandi successi di Bruno Martino (The Great Successes of Bruno Martino; 1959) (La voce del padrone, QELP 8012) and is performed onscreen inVincente Minnelli's filmTwo Weeks in Another Town (1962).
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