Frankenstein, Dracula, a werewolf, and a satanic vicar. Snuff's neighbors include: Jill the witch and her familiar, Graymalk the cat, with whom Snuff forms a friendly alliance Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Narrator Snuff, a guard dog who performs complex thaumaturgical calculations in his head, has many duties: to keep various Things firmly trapped in mirrors, wardrobes, and steamer trunks to accompany his master, Jack-he of the magical blade-on weird collecting expeditions into the graveyards and slums of Victorian London and-for a single hour each night-discuss the day's goings-on in human speech. After years of unprepossessing folderol-the wearisome Nine Princes in Amber retreads are depressingly typical-Zelazny bursts forth with, well, ``Victorian light supernatural fantasy'' just about covers it.
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