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The Tale of the Body Thief

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 4

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The Tale of the Body Thief

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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. Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Psychological Scary Paranormal

Critic Reviews

Praise for The Tale of the Body Thief

“Tinged with mystery, full of drama . . . The story is involving, the twists surprising.”—People

“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

“Fast-paced . . . . mesmerizing . . . silkenly sensuous . . . No one writing today matches her deftness with the erotic.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Hypnotic . . . masterful.”—Cosmopolitan
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Simon Vance performs these characters exceptionally well. and Anne Rice is a master story teller

awesome!

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

Perfection

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

Anne Rice , what a fascinating mind she must have

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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.

Exceptional

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

Great Preformance

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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

Interview with Lestat?

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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.

A Good Story

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