Behm is living in France since long and since a while all his
new works are
published there first, so it can be with long delays that an
English edition
appears for some of them.
'The Eye of the Beholder' - 1981- was certainly one of his
most interesting
books and was adapted to film as well (a French movie:
Mortelle Randonnee)
Before this, there was his first novel: The Queen of the
Night (1977),
highly recommended as well.
Then, 'The Ice Maiden' (1982), wherein Behm uses fantasy and
surrealism,
that will become his trademark for most of his following
works. Not
forgetting black humor.
Another very good novel: 'Afraid to Death' (1990).
Followed by other novels (additional 4 if I'm not mistaken),
all in the dark
humor vein, full of originality and unleashed creativity...
Example: Lucy,
one of his characters is a female devil that chases the souls
of the damned.
The Death is literally a character in another one. Or do you
prefer a gang
of vampires that organizes a great burglary?
But maybe creativity and fantasy is not for all tastes.
Whatever... Behm is
a real author.
E.Borgers
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