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| Desmond: A Novel About Love and the Modern Vampire | 
 enlarge | Author: Ulysses G. Dietz
Publisher: Alyson Books
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 693542
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 344
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1555834701
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781555834708
ASIN: 1555834701
Publication Date: July 1, 2000
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
Ever since Bram Stoker published Dracula in 1897, there's been a sexy aura surrounding vampire fiction--the vampire's central interaction with humans is, after all, incredibly intimate--and Anne Rice was one of the first modern writers to boldly push the genre out of the closet, beginning with Interview with the Vampire. But while Rice's vampire Lestat is a bad boy who sometimes tries to be good, the eponymous character in Ulysses G. Dietz's Desmond is a good boy who is always trying to be better, although his constant dependency upon the (mostly unoffered) kindness of strangers makes it difficult. Dietz's novel is set in present-day New York, but it also includes several trips into the past, as financial wizard and creature of the night Desmond Beckwith seeks to uncover the hidden secrets of his 250-year life even as he searches for true love with a mortal. Sharp writing and ingenious plotting make Desmond both scary and charming. --Michael Bronski
Product Description
When a gay vampire falls in love with a young man, his dark world is forever changed, in this welcome addition to the canon of vampire literature.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 naive but satisfying August 16, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Reading this book is perhaps like reading a beloved friend's autobiography: hardly a work of art, it never fails to keep your interest.
Mr Dietz is not, in this first attempt at least, an accomplished writer: he explains too much, he gives many unneeded details at times while at others he is sketchy. And he bothers, ooohhh so much, about political correctness, to the point of being funny, at least for a European.
On the other hand his story is not bad at all and with all its writing flaws he manages to suspend disbelief and to drag the reader into it. I came to care for Desmond, just as if he was a friend of mine. This is not a little achievement for an unexperienced writer.
A bit of light, homoerotic reading, perfect for a rainy winter afternoon, and it shouldn't be out of print.
Tis a pretty good read! November 16, 2003
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
well, As a true vampire fan, and a lover of homoerotica I liked this book, I look for several points when reading a vampire novel, and they are: bite scenes, descriptive feeding/bite scenes are imparative! then it's personality, if the vampires are boring, then that's pretty much the end of the novel. and when i read homoerotica novels, i like male/male sex and lust to the fullest, or most sensuous. "Desmond" did an excellent job on describing the bite scenes personality was A+, but when it came to describing what is most anticipated to me, it feel short, love scene don't have to be extravagant or over detailed, but some detail is always nice. it was practically non-exsistent in this novel.
it's was a good book, somewhat predictable towards the end. I kept thinking to myself, "i know what going to happen, but I hope "Desmond" is smart enough to not let it happen"
however, he mentions alot about Anne Rice's colorful vampires quite a bit. Let's face it, she's the undisputed queen of vampire novels.
 A big disapointment October 29, 2003
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had high hopes for this book, but I was very disappointed. The story itself was not a bad one - but there really didn't seem to be a need for the main character to be vampire - other than to increase the erotic vein of the story. Borrow it - don't buy it.
 Trash January 28, 2003
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Honestly, this book was total trash. Poorly written, amateurish and disturbing on too many levels to name. It's definitely light reading (if any) so if you're bored on the beach, this might be your kind of thing. I found it a little embarrasing.
 Love and Cry with Desmond June 10, 2002
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having read most of Anne Rice's books and also other vampire stories, I have to say that Desmond was definitely one of the very best ones. I have suffered and loved with Desmond.
It is a novel full of love and erotic scenes, violence and hunger, a true vampire book.
Thank you for writing it, Ulysses G. Dietz!
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