ANNE RICE THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF

ANNE RICE THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF 430 PAGES 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. Gothic fiction Horror Vampire fiction Supernatural Dark fantasy Erotic fiction Historical fiction Lush prose First-person narrative Atmospheric Immortality Death and rebirth Morality Sin and redemption Identity and isolation Sexuality Religion and spirituality Good vs evil Love and loss Existential angst Lestat de Lioncourt Louis de Pointe du Lac Claudia Witches Vampires Immortals Outcasts Sensual beings New Orleans 18th-19th century Europe Gothic mansions Candlelit rooms Cathedrals and crypts Dreamlike Macabre Melancholic