Les Klinger focuses his critical eye and keen wit on Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula, in THE NEW ANNOTATED DRACULA, with Introduction by Neil Gaiman (W.W. Norton: October 2008, hardcover, $39.95).

Dracula has gripped readers since its first publication in 1897. While the book has been studied by scholars in virtually every academic discipline, none have accepted Bram Stoker's declaration that the work was based on historical fact. For the first time, Klinger examines all of the evidence, both internal and external, including contemporary travel books, scientific texts, Victorian encyclopedias, as well as Stoker's notes for the narrative and the original manuscript itself (which is owned by a private, anonymous collector).

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