Dead Europe

From the acclaimed author of The Slap comes an unsettling novel about the truths and lies of mythology and history. The basis for a major motion picture.   Isaac is a photographer in his mid-30s, traveling through Europe. It is the post-Cold War Europe of a united currency, illegal immigration, and of a globalized homogenous culture. In his mother's mountain village he encounters a Balkan vampire. Subsequently, as his journey continues across Italy, Eastern Europe, and Britain, he discovers that ghosts keep appearing in the photographs he takes, providing clues to a family secret and tragedy. Parallel to Isaac's story, we are in the Greece of World War II. A peasant family is asked to provide protection to a Jewish boy fleeing the Germans. It is this boy who will become the vampire. From the mountains of Greece to the inner-city streets of 1960s Melbourne, we trace the journey of this malevolent force as it feeds on generation after generation of Isaac's family, seeking revenge and justice.

About the Author

Christos Tsiolkas is the author of The Jesus Man; Loaded, which was later made into the award-winning film Head On; and The Slap, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, and was made into an award-winning TV series.

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