![]() ![]() ![]() The mixing of “coming of age” story with “horror novel” is nothing new Stephen King has been doing it for decades, and indeed, for the most part this combination works for Laymon. ![]() Just like the carnivalesque and exploitative Traveling Vampire Show itself, Laymon’s novel attempts to walk the not-fine-enough line between giving the audience what it wants and retaining a few secrets.Īt its heart The Traveling Vampire Show is a coming of age story, focused around one of the last summers of adolescence for its three protagonists, and as such it is full of touching as well as awkward moments, some for the characters, and some for the readers. The novel-narrated by an older and wiser Dwight-documents a single day (filled in with plenty of flashbacks): the teens’ misadventures, struggles, and revelations. It is summertime in the 60s, and sixteen year olds Dwight, Slim, and Rusty are determined to get a look at Valeria the Vampire, star of the Traveling Vampire Show (“One Show Only”), though since nobody under age 18 is allowed in, they must add an element of secrecy to their endeavor. ![]()
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