Once Bitten, Twice Shy

The Historian, a vampire thriller by first-time novelist Elizabeth Kostova, is being hailed as this year's The Da Vinci Code. That means everyone will be discussing it and it will probably spawn an adaptation (hopefully starring Johnny Depp rather than Tom Hanks). While I really didn't enjoy The Da Vinci Code myself, after reading the Salon review of The Historian, I might just take a chance on what will surely be a bestseller.

Related: from the archives, "When Is a Da Vinci not a Da Vinci?"; "The Da Vinci Code is boring..." and Photos of Vlad the Impaler and his castle.