The Historian

Along with Atwood's The Blind Assassin, The Historian is one of the great occult mystery fiction of this generation. On the surface it is ostensibly another chapter in the story of Dracula, but as you delve deeper the intertwining of actual history and common legend become inseparable. The book itself draws you in, which is a real danger in a book quite this long. Tara and I read this book two summers ago in New Hampshire (and eventually North Carolina). We actually read it out loud (as we have with all of the Harry Potter and Douglas Adams books). If you haven't read a piece of adult fiction out loud before you can be amazed by either how well, or how poorly it is written. Thankfully (considering the massive length of the book) it was well written and artfully conceived. Unlike most books that have a few pages at the end to wrap up and moralize, this story goes right until the very last sentence. It was a great read, a fascinating story and time well spent. (It's available in paperback now too!)

Rating: A+ ... very, very highly recommended!