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As with the first book in the series, the novel begins with a frame narrative. After over a half century underground, Lestat awakens in the 1980s to the cacophony of electronic sounds and images that characterizes the MTV generation. Particularly, he is captivated by a fledgling rock band named Satan's Night Out. Determined both to achieve international fame and end the centuries of self-imposed vampire silence, Lestat takes command of the band (now renamed "The Vampire Lestat") and pens his own autobiography. The remainder of the novel purports to be that autobiography: the vampire traces his mortal youth as the son of a marquis in pre-Revolutionary France, his initiation into vampirism at the hands of Magnus, and his quest for the ultimate origins of his undead species.
While very different from the first novel in the Vampire Chronicles, The Vampire Lestat has proved to be the foundation for a broader range of narratives than is possible from Louis's brooding, passive perspective. The character of Lestat is one of Rice's most complex and popular literary alter egos, and his Faustian strivings have a mythopoeic resonance that links the novel to a grand tradition of spiritual and supernatural fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Read this book!... Do it!!!,
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This review is from: The Vampire Lestat (Paperback)
Now THIS is a vampire book! No fluff, no teen romance or corny skin sparkles. (i make fun but i do like Twilight. lol)I read this book many years ago and LOVED it and now have read it again and my opinion has not changed. I fell in love with all of the complex characters, the plot and this world that Anne Rice pulls you into. Wow that woman can write. Lestat is by far one of the BEST characters I have ever had the pleasure of reading. One thing I love about Rice's writing is how her writing is so romantic and sexy without actually always being about romance or sex. If you haven't read this series, and are into the whole vampire thing, READ THESE. The first one is Interview With the Vampire and will also not dissapoint.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Bless her heart,
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This review is from: The Vampire Lestat (Mass Market Paperback)
My girlfriend wanted me to read this, and i wanted to like it. Let me give the uninitiated a brief glimpse of the book; it goes something like this:-Start: Exciting, swift, entertaining........starts to go on a bit.......long periods of yawning and feeling guilty for skim reading page after page.......gets better again :End There it is, no more no less. Not a great masterpiece of literature as some believe (If you'd ever read one you'd probably know). Average, long winded. I could try and tell you why, but the book has left me so exhausted that i am not going to waste any more effort on it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too Much History,
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This review is from: The Vampire Lestat (Mass Market Paperback)
This one read like a lead up to another book. With exception to the 150 pages of Gabrielle's creation and the 100 pages or so Of marius's story , the book dragged on and on about the past. Take out 300 pages and this would be a good book. This is the second book I've read of the Vampire Chronicles and to me it's No where near the first and I hope the rest are better.
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