The Vampire Lestat -- Anne Rice

<b>#1 <i>New York Times </i>Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles <p/></b>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. <p/><b>Praise for <i>The Vampire Lestat</i></b> <p/> "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."<i><b>--</b>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <p/>"Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires."<i><b>--</b>The Village<b> </b>Voice</i><br> <i> </i><br> "Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive."<i>--The New York Times Book Review</i><br> <i> </i><br>"Luxuriantly created and richly told."<i>--The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i><br><br><b>Author:</b> Anne Rice<br><b>Publisher:</b> Ballantine Books<br><b>Published:</b> 11/29/1997<br><b>Pages:</b> 512<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.90lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780345419644<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b>