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Sam arrives in Tracy's life at just the right moment - she has hit the bottom. She's attempted suicide, her marriage is dead and her days are spent in the battle zone of the psychiatric wards where she is seduced by a vampire.
'Vamp is a powerful and thrilling tale which challenges the stories told about women by mythology, religion, literature and psychoanalysis. It is about anger, family and the long-term effects of childhood trauma. But it is also a compelling exploration of the potential of love and responsibility...' (publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For John
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Epigraph: The self that night undrowns when I'm asleep travels beneath the dumb days that I give, within the limits set that I may live, and beats in anger on the things I love. I am the cross it bears, and it the tears I weep. 'The Other Half', Judith Wright.
I hope by God's blessing, to accomplish a pious sacrilege here, which will relieve our earth of certain monsters... The General, Camilla, J. Sheridan LeFanu.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the Novel
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 145-158) Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006. -
[Review] The Art of Arrow Cutting, Vamp, Funnelweb, Black Ice [and] The Infernal
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 20-21 1998; (p. 177-180)
— Review of The Art of Arrow Cutting 1997 single work novel ; Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel ; Funnelweb 1990 single work novel ; Black Ice 1997 single work novel ; The Infernal 1997 single work novel -
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , Spring vol. 9 no. 2-3 1997; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel -
Fatal Fiction in the Sun
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 May 1997; (p. C11)
— Review of Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel -
Blood-Tinted Glasses
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel
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[Review] The Art of Arrow Cutting, Vamp, Funnelweb, Black Ice [and] The Infernal
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 20-21 1998; (p. 177-180)
— Review of The Art of Arrow Cutting 1997 single work novel ; Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel ; Funnelweb 1990 single work novel ; Black Ice 1997 single work novel ; The Infernal 1997 single work novel -
Ultimately Imperfect
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 May 1997; (p. rev 8)
— Review of Wrack 1997 single work novel ; Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel -
Blood-Tinted Glasses
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 190 1997; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel -
Fatal Fiction in the Sun
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 May 1997; (p. C11)
— Review of Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel -
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , Spring vol. 9 no. 2-3 1997; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Vamp : A Novel 1997 single work novel -
Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the Novel
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 145-158) Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006. -
Reader, I Married Him
John Kinsella
,
Tracy Ryan
,
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 192 1997; (p. 36-41)
- Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,
- Urban,
