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"Vlad" is Vlad the Impaler, of course, whose mythic cruelty was an motivation for Bram Stoker's Dracula. With this sly sequel, Vlad really is undead. Greater than a postmodern riff on "the vampire craze", Vlad is also an anatomy of the Mexican bourgeoisie, as well as our culture's ways of dealing with loss of life. For - as with Dracula - Vlad has need of both a lawyer and a real-estate agent in order to determine his new kingdom, and Yves Navarro and his better half Asuncion fit the bill nicely. Having lately lost a child, might they not welcome the chance to see their staying child live forever? More importantly, will be the pleasures of middle-class life enough to keep one from subscribing to the legions of the damned?
