Vampire
Robert Coover
‘His wife comes in, baring, with a wink, her incisors, and offers him a Bloody Mary.’
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Robert Coover
Robert Coover was born in America in 1932. is the author of more than twenty books, including Noir, The Brunist Day of Wrath and Huck Out West. He has also published a collection of plays and Pricksongs and Descants, a several collections of short stories. He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including those from the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Guggenheim Foundation.
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