| Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story |
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| Author | Christopher Moore |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Romance, Comedy |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication date | September 19, 1995 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 304 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-684-81097-2 |
| Preceded by | Coyote Blue |
| Followed by | Island of the Sequined Love Nun |
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Jody, a young single red-headed woman living in San Francisco, is attacked by a vampire and soon realizes that she has become one herself. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living While trying to adjust to her new nocturnal lifestyle, she is aided by C. Thomas Flood ("Tommy"), a wannabe writer who just moved to town and works nights at a local supermarket. As Jody and Tommy begin their life together (and become attracted to each other), they also discover that a recent string of mysterious murders may be linked to the vampire who attacked Jody. To get to the bottom of the matter, they engage the help of Tommy's friends at work and a mysterious street person named "The Emperor"
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A sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends, entitled You Suck: A Love Story, was published on January 16, 2007. You Suck A Love Story is the tenth novel by Christopher Moore. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.