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The Vampire Lestat

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 2

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The Vampire Lestat

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s. He rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying exsitence. His story, the second volume in Anne Rice's best-selling Vampire Chronicles, is mesmerizing, passionate, and thrilling.

©1985 Anne Rice (P)2011 Random House Audio Fantasy Genre Fiction Horror Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting

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Critic reviews

"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)
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We all know how good this book is, but if you want any audiobook version, it MUST be narrated by Simon Vance.

His voice work is always stunning - both in this series and in others.

Great book, AMAZING narration

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Loved interview with vampire so continued with this one which I found a little hot and miss some chapters couldn't stop listening and others struggled to get though

Starting to get old

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"Interview" was a veritable chore to read.
This was an agreeable read filled with well developed characters with a passion for their un-life delivered admirably by Simon Vance

So much better than "Interview"

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'Couldnt take the earphones out', is the Audible version of 'couldn't put it down', right? Well, maybe.

I first read Interview with the Vampire in the 90s, just as the movie came out, and never continued the journey, until now. Having recently watched the dreary movie Queen of the Damned' I read reviews of that and discovered that it incorporated elements of this story, so I was intrigued.

Well, Anne Rice has not disappointed, and I can see why she was disassociated herself from the Queen of the Damned movie. This 2nd chapter in the series has a lot to live up to thanks to the tragedy of Claudia in Interview, but similar tragedies occur that keep the page turning, or keeps the finger away from the pause button.

I love the back stories of Armand and Marius and the ensemble cast are all beautifully written. Simon Vance is a perfect narrator, with his unique command of accents and voices, you know who's talking even if the book does not tell you.

I was going to take a break from the series and listen to something else, but the ending of this story has driven me to download the next book.

Bravo.

Couldn't take the earphones out!

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I absolutely loved this book, perfect narrator for an awesome book I would recommend this

Awesome

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Loved it couldn't stop listening
The description pull you in
The voice, the way it is spoken just makes it more real to you

Wow

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Loved the book, I prefer the first but I will always commend Anne's work. the Narrators voice was beautiful, like listening to silk.

Anne Rice does it again.

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fantastic writing and narration, Simon does an excellent job bringing the characters to life and will always be my Lestat.

flawless!

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always loved lestat and I have fallen further in love with him and his story xxx
the narrator brought the story to life and was brilliant.

lestat

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Absolutely loved this book, haven't listened to any other book in the series yet but I definitely will now after listening to this one

Very encapsulating

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