num_pages: 142
description: Despite crude often unintentionally hilarious writing and a mix-and-match jumble of a plot this novel actually delivers the goods when it comes depicting the Count himself. Lory's Dracula is powerful formidable and truly nasty - but he is also a sort of vampire on a leash controlled in an ingenious manner by an aging American crime-fighter who apparently wants to use the Count as a tool against evil. All that happens here however is that a pair of nasty gold-diggers get their comeuppance and Dracula's secret treasure trove is kept secret. Lory was clearly building a highly involved mythos around Dracula in this case interweaving elements of the vampire legend with tales of Atlantis and even a Lovecraftian touch. I can't argue with the appeal of that sort of pulp-fictional invention but I did find that Lory's clumsy attempts at a prose style subtracted something from the enjoyment of his goofy action-packed plot and the occasional effective moment of horror.
language: English
title: Dracula's Gold
publisher: New English Library