She likes nothing more than swinging in the playground (unless the local children scare her off), collecting acorns, or sitting down with a good book.
Greyling applied the Page 69 Test to her new novel, The Vampire of Kings Street, and reported the following:
From page 69:Visit Asha Greyling's website.It was not social awkwardness or avarice at the opportunity presented to her by acquaintance with this grand, mysterious family that made Radhika silent, looking out at the dim silhouettes of shingled houses and long, low hills. It was the curious dynamic in what she was beginning to understand of the Frosts’ tightly knit household: it was Evelyn’s dualism in the tears he shed in her office and his assumed reserve in prison: and more irresistibly, it was the dream-like understanding of what it was to grieve for someone while simultaneously resenting them both for their failings in life and their absence in death. It was a familiar feeling, at once frightened yet certain, that she could only describe as fascination.Did the Page 69 Test work?
Yes! I’m as surprised as anybody frankly, because I was bracing for the test not to work—I had no idea what was on page 69! But as soon as I looked it up, I couldn’t deny it. This paragraph perfectly encapsulates Radhika Dhingra’s fear and determination to uncover the truth of the vampire Evelyn More’s mystery—and conveys her own personal stake in his situation.
The Vampire of Kings Street is a book that explores intersocietal connections and prejudices, all from the point-of-view of an aspiring lawyer of South Indian heritage. It was important to me in creating this world of vampires and humans living together that the fundamental emotion be one of wonder—of fascination—for something strange yet unexpectedly familiar.
--Marshal Zeringue
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