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  • The Tale of the Body Thief

  • The Vampire Chronicles, Book 4
  • By: Anne Rice
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (62 ratings)

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The Tale of the Body Thief

By: Anne Rice
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Editorial reviews

“Rice is our modern messenger of the occult, whose nicely updated dark-side passion plays twist and turn in true Gothic form.” ( San Francisco Chronicle)

Publisher's Summary

In another feat of hypnotic storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now-classic Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned.

Lestat speaks. Vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals - for centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Lestat is alone. And suddenly, all his vampire rationale - everything he has come to believe and feel safe with - is called into question. In his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the danger-haunted years of his long existence.

The Tale of the Body Thief is told with the unique - and mesmerizing - passion, power, color, and invention that distinguish the novels of Anne Rice.

©2010 Anne Rice (P)2015 Random House Audio

Critic Reviews

"Tinged with mystery, full of drama.... The story is involving, the twists surprising. " (People)

“Hypnotic...masterful.” (Cosmopolitan)

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Perfection

Simon Vance, Anne Rice, Lestat de Lioncourt and David Talbot are a match made in exquisite storytelling heaven!!! ❤️

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awesome!

Simon Vance performs these characters exceptionally well. and Anne Rice is a master story teller

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Anne Rice , what a fascinating mind she must have

Details, such an eye for the details of environment and humanity's joy and sadness.

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Exceptional

An exceptional story with rich characters. Loved it just as much this second time but with the added bonus of listening to Simon Vance weave all the details into a wonderful rollercoaster of a journey following the hapless but lovable Lestat on yet another wild and chaotic emotional adventure. Anne Rice never disappoints and Simon's delivery is outstanding.

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Great Preformance

Simon is a true artist. made this book come to life and made me want to keep listening. Thank you!

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Interview with Lestat?

While I enjoyed the story, I did find it lacking some of the adventure and drama in the other stories in the Vampire Chronicals. Still worth a read and does give more of an insight into this dark world

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A Good Story

I have read all these books previously and like them - the story is an interesting perspective.
I did find it a bit frustrating at times as to the logic Lestat lacks - but I guess that is intentional.

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