{"product_id":"something-in-the-blood-david-j-skal-9781631493867","title":"Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking portrait of the man who birthed an undying cultural icon, David J. Skal \"pulls back the curtain to reveal the author who dreamed up this vampire\" (\u003cem\u003eTIME\u003c\/em\u003e magazine). Examining the myriad anxieties plaguing the Victorian fin de siecle, Skal stages Bram Stoker's infirm childhood against a grisly tableau of medical mysteries and horrors: cholera and famine fever, childhood opium abuse, frantic bloodletting, mesmeric quack cures, and the gnawing obsession with \"bad blood\" that pervades \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e. In later years, Stoker's ambiguous sexuality is explored through his passionate youthful correspondence with Walt Whitman, his adoration of the actor Sir Henry Irving, and his romantic rivalry with lifelong acquaintance Oscar Wilde--here portrayed as a stranger-than-fiction doppelg舅ger. Recalling the psychosexual contours of Stoker's life and art in splendidly gothic detail, \u003cem\u003eSomething in the Blood\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive biography for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David J. Skal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631493868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631493867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.70d","brand":"David J. Skal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995121844479,"sku":"9781631493867","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f875634a-bb56-47dd-9718-79f7b0b939c8.jpg?v=1683333970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/something-in-the-blood-david-j-skal-9781631493867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}