Little Girl Blue

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Summary: Great horror theology novel!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this exorcism/vampire post-modern romp. It has very gritty dialogue and many surprises, from a Polish hitman to a bisexual New Orleans costume designer with a thing for Judy Garland. This novel has many references to "The Wizard of Oz," and the characters have many off-the-wall interpretations of the film. The Oz references also shape the exorcism/vampire narrative in unusual ways. I recommend you pick up a copy of the book and see for yourself.

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Summary: Vampires, and Priests, and Transvestites, OH MY!
Review: Little Girl Blue is a GREAT novel! Maybe one of the best I've read in a long time. It's about a teenage girl who would rather be dead than face her problems, mostly the result of her mother's death and being seduced by a charming yet evil black transvestite in New Orleans who promises to make her a woman and a star. This novel takes all the cliches of horror stories and turns them inside out and on their head in an attempt to really find out why evil seems so alluring, and so benign to a generation of people who no longer quite believe in it. Evil is real, believe me. I work in a prison psyche ward and should know. In the acknowledgements, author van Heuklom writes that he has encountered demons. Normally, I might dismiss this as propaganda to sell books, but after reading this novel I am totally convinced that he knows what he's talking about. Anyone who has ever considered suicide NEEDS to read this book.