My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'.
The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many, many more. Teenagers, especially, seem to like to act out vampire fantasies.
What are we but our stories?
"So you have your price."... "Your soul for a cookie."
My, g**, he was as strong as a team of oxen. That would be strong right?
The writing in Mission to Paris, sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John le Carr fan, this is definitely a novel for you.