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Tom Holland. Pocket Books, $6.99 (368pp) ISBN 978-0-671-53426-4
Lord Byron travels to Greece and becomes the world's most formidable vampire. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 07/31/1997
Genre: Fiction
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