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World Service,29 Nov 1991,28 mins

The Vampire legend explored

Meridian

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A look at the development of the Vampire legend. One historian has taken a look at the inspiration behind characters such as Bram Stokers Dracula. Also included in the programme, a review of John Barth's The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor and Lynne Tillman's Motion Sickness.

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