The Vampire Lestat -- Anne Rice - Paperback

#1 New York Times Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles

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

Author: Anne Rice
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 09/12/1986
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.18w x 1.28d
ISBN: 9780345313867

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 34
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 65105 / Vampire Lestat


Review Citation(s):
Time 05/05/2008 pg. 50

About the Author
Anne Rice is the author of thirty-two books. She lives in Palm Desert, California.