Boutique du Vampyre Review by Camille Bourgen
Being a New Orleans Vampire, Foxs' main character Jules Duchon is a bit hefty! Why
wouldn't he be? His victims are all native to our city and they overindulge in their diets,
thus, Vampires aren't immune to the calories our rich food and drinks the city are so
famous for. Add in a couple of friends; like his 'larger than life' stripper maker and mate,
his cross dressing fledgling, and several characters of local flavor you won't recognize by
name but certainly by actions! He takes you on a journey through the old neighborhoods
of the city, nostalgic hangouts, the Quarter and ties in some real events that have made
front page news the past few years.
Hailing from Florida, Fox attended Loyola. He then began work at the Louisiana Office of
Public Wellbeing managing the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. He is married
with one son.
Praise for the Fat White Vampire Blues
Poor jules Duchon. It isn't easy being a vampire in New Orleans..Jules is
an often hapless hero, but a sympathetic one, and readers of vampire
fiction will delight in this droll parody of the genre.
Booklist (*starred Review*)
This wry, witty, and often hilarious first novel delivers a wonderful
mixture of characters and lovingly evokes the charm of the Big Easy.
Library Journal
Exuberantly tasteless...almost as much fun to read as it probably was to
write.
Kirkus Reviews
There's a great tradition of New Orleans vampire novels...In this very,
very funny first novel, Andrew Fox bears the standard high...(he) brings
the city in all its immense variety, all its tastes, its smells, its customs and
self-contradictions, darkly to life. Sharply plotted, witty in language and
invention, Fat White Vampire Blues moves to a perfect if unsuspected
conclusion.
Magazine of Fantasy ans Science Fiction
Praise for the Bride of the Fat White Vampire
Fans of authors like Anne Rice, Laurell K. Hamilton, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and P.N.
Elrod will absolutely love this corpulent comedy and its supersized antihero...fans of
vampiric fiction will never look at gothic romanticism the same way again. In a
word: hilarious.
Paul Goat Allen for Barnes and Noble Review
Fox rips apart the goth-heavy sterotypes of many modern vampire tales, and brings
forth an inspired, fun and frankly more interesting vampire story than many that are
on the shelves today.
Vampirella Magazine
A wonderful cast of extraordinary but believable characters - human and vampire -
populate this witty novel. The story's leisurely pace reflects the laid-=back ways of
the Big Easy. Recommended.
Library Journal
Fox imitates as a form of flattery. He knows the genres and plays with them in ways
connoisseurs of pulp and (Anne) Rice will appreciate...Fox uses the foundation laid in
the first novel to create a far more elaborate drama and take greater risks. The result
is a playful satire that mimics a little and invents enough that it feels both familiar and
fresh.
Rocky Mountain News
Andrew Fox has succeeded in overcoming a sophomore jinx by writing a successful
second novel....expand(ing) upon the already rich vampire mythos he created in Fat
White Vampire Blues. On top of all that, Fox has written a true mystery that holds
surprises for the reader all the way to the end.
Brian Houle for About.Com