THE HAUNTED HILLBILLY

Novel. Historical first-person narrative, told by Nudie "The Rodeo Tailor", a gay couturier who, in McCormack's spellbinding world, also happens to be a vampire. As the story evolves, Nudie, in grand Svengali-style, makes, then breaks, the career of Hank, a country-and-western singer at the Grand Ole Opry.