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Complete the set: The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, books 1 to 3
Start with Interview with the Vampire. The Vampire Lestat here is the pocket-size edition.
The 2 in stock together: $38.98. Check shipping details.
Featured in our reading guide: Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles in Order (and Where the Mayfair Witches Fit)
Louis recounts his life as a vampire, from New Orleans through years of travel with Lestat and Claudia. His account turns the familiar vampire tale toward grief, desire, and the cost of living beyond a human lifetime.
Spinebound shelf note: A gothic classic told as a confession, with its questions lingering beyond the interview.
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A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller... Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth: the education of the vampire.
Chicago Tribune
Unrelentingly erotic... sometimes beautiful, and always unforgettable.
Washington Post
If you surrender and go with her... you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream.
Boston Globe
A chilling, thought-provoking tale, beautifully frightening, sensuous, and utterly unnerving.
Hartford Courant
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