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The Tale of the Body Thief

by Anne Rice

A solitary turn in the Vampire Chronicles

Critically Recognized

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The book is praised for its mystery, drama, and surprising twists.

A solitary turn in the Vampire Chronicles

Centuries into his existence as a vampire, Lestat is no longer surrounded by the company and attention described in his earlier life. In this installment of the Vampire Chronicles, isolation and self-doubt propel him toward what the description calls the most dangerous undertaking of his long existence. The premise places the series’ supernatural world alongside a more personal conflict: Lestat’s struggle with loneliness and his desire to escape his doubts. The publisher description leaves the undertaking itself unexplained, so the book’s central draw here is the tension between an enduring vampire’s formidable history and his present need for change.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Readers following Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles.
Readers interested in vampire fiction centered on an immortal character’s loneliness and self-doubt.
Readers looking for a Gothic horror premise involving a dangerous undertaking.

Themes

Vampirism and immortalityLonelinessSelf-doubtDangerous choices

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Book overview

"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

In a gripping feat of storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now-classic Interview with the Vampire. For centuries, Lestat--vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals--has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Now he is alone. And in his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the years of his haunted existence.

Praise for The Tale of the Body Thief

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

"Fast-paced . . . . mesmerizing . . . silkenly sensuous . . . No one writing today matches her deftness with the [sensual]."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Hypnotic . . . masterful."--Cosmopolitan

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