by Willis Hall · Red Fox · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099221029
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«The Last Vampire» is Willis Hall's children's fantasy and humor novel, published by Red Fox in paperback (160 pages, in English).
The Hollins family's camping vacation ends up in Transylvania, next to a ruined castle. There they meet Count Alucard, a peaceful vegetarian vampire who sometimes turns into a fruit-eating bat and is horrified by the deeds of his ancestors. An adventure full of humor, with illustrations by Babette Cole.
First installment of the «The Last Vampire» series; the work was originally published in 1982 and this Red Fox edition is from 1997.
Recommended reading for young readers from about 9 or 10 years old, with humor and fantastic adventure.
Willis Edward Hall was an English playwright and radio, television and film writer who drew on his working-class roots in Leeds for much of his writing. Willis formed an extremely prolific partnership with his life-long friend Keith Waterhouse producing over 250 works. He wrote plays such as Billy Liar, The Long and the Short and the Tall, and Celebration; the screenplays for Whistle Down the Wind, A Kind of Loving and Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain; and television programmes including Budgie, Worzel Gummidge and Minder. His passion for musical theatre led to a string of hits, including Wind in the Willows, The Card, and George Stiles' and Anthony Drewe's Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure.
