I read the whole book in a night, with very little sleep! Kay prequels the classic Leroux novel, offering another exploration of Erik's life to the multitude of others already in the world and any 'phan' of the original novel will identify strongly with this version. The realism and hard hitting normalcy in Erik's tone while recounting his times with his mother, the gypsy circus and the Shah of Persia is unnerving and forces you to turn the page. A living biography on Erik Destler the infamous Phantom of the Opera, his lonely and dangerous path before the time of Christine penned perfectly in fiction.

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