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The Vampire Lestat

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 2

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The Vampire Lestat

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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 Lestat. The vampire hero of Anne Rice’s enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling.

Praise for The Vampire Lestat

“Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires.”—The Village Voice

“Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Luxuriantly created and richly told.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer Fantasy Genre Fiction Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Fiction Paranormal Exciting Middle Ages

Critic Reviews

“Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires.”—The Village Voice

“Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Luxuriantly created and richly told.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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I read most of the Anne Rice books in my teens and twenties, now in my forties I am revisiting them through audio book. Bravo this book was a powerful performance by writer, narrator, and Lestat!

Amazing performance

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Great narration - yes the voice seems way older than it should be for Lestat, it suits Marius much better, but the narration is excellent nevertheless.
This is a great way into understanding more about Lestat, his views of the world and why he is how he is. Loved it

Great insights into Lestat’s life

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ruined by the horrific performance by a narrator that does not understand what he is reading

an absolute classic

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thoroughly enjoy the anne rice books. narration is perfection, the reader has such a good voice.

highly immersive audio book

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anne rices follow up is not as exciting and a little more long winded. while i found interview to be timless; plenty of the references in lestat seem dated, the ideas not as enthralling with my latest re listen.

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