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GRUESOME, BUT
HIS YOUNG FANS
LOVE IT
No, he didn't
write Buffy
The Vampire
Slayer, as
one young boy
presumed at the
Electric Theatre
on Tuesday, but
Darren Shan does
have an unusual
preoccupation
with vampires.
Even at the age
of five he was
known to stay up
till the early
hours watching
horror movies at
his home in
Limerick,
Ireland. His
favourite film,
predictably, is
Salem's Lot
by Stephen King,
and he is making
a name for
himself as the
author of the
Cirque Du Freak
books for
children.
Centering around
his alter ago of
the same name,
The Saga Of
Darren Shan
takes place in a
circus in which
horror reigns
absolute, and
nothing is as it
seems. Vampires
and monsters
provide vivid
storylines which
usually involve
blood, slab of
meat and
dismemberment.
To say the books
are gruesome is
an
understatement,
but for his many
fans here,
across the
Atlantic, and
even in France,
they fit in
nicely with a
healthy daily
dose of horror.
But don't worry,
Darren keeps the
horror in check
and the morals
at the
forefront, and
there are many
more books yet
to come. There
may even be a
lucrative deal
with Warner
Bros, who have
bought the film
rights to his
books, so keep
an eye out. The
third book in
The Saga Of
Darren Shan,
Tunnels Of
Blood, will
be available in
bookshops in a
fortnight.
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