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Rossi had received a dragon book identical to one our historian later finds in Paul’s library. When a colleague and close friend dies from a suspicious neck wound, Rossi defects for Cambridge, Mass. Kostova, a Yale graduate, has her characters using all sorts of amusing circumlocutions??the “excellent university,” the university of the “distinguished American scholar”—to describe our fine institution, Rossi’s chosen haven...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Historical Study A-1972: Dragon Books and Dracula | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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