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The Tale of the Body Thief

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 4

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The Tale of the Body Thief

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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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.

©2010 Anne Rice (P)2015 Random House Audio Fantasy Genre Fiction Horror Psychological

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Editor reviews

“Rice is our modern messenger of the occult, whose nicely updated dark-side passion plays twist and turn in true Gothic form.” ( San Francisco Chronicle)

Critic reviews

"Tinged with mystery, full of drama.... The story is involving, the twists surprising. " (People)

“Hypnotic...masterful.” (Cosmopolitan)
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absolutely amazing as I am stuck in hospital not able to read it's good fun for me to listen to the book

brill

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loved it from start to Finnish. captivating. now to start book 5. bravo bravo bravo

captivating

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I read the vampire trilogy when they first came out. Now in 2016 they continue to thrill me. I only wish that the other books in the vampire chronicles were in audio format. Very enjoyable having the books read to you, allows your imagination free reign, therefore I enjoyed the books in a fuller way.

Another Great Anne Rice book!

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Really nice and entertaining story.
Didn't feel bored at all, enjoyed every moment of the book.

Really good adventure

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Loved it keeping it to listen to again recommend it to anyone who loves Ann Rice

Great book

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Oh, Lestat... *Facepalm*. What is he thinking? Actually, I don't think he really is thinking! But again, there never is a dull moment when Lestat is around. He seems to always make the wrong decisions which usually leaves him in some sticky situations, and this story was no different. Now I can't decide whether this one or The Vampire Lestat is my favourite so far!

Did not disappoint!

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I had my doubts about the plot and was planning on skipping this addition to the chronicles. Glad I didn't, however this was the least enjoyable of the first four books. Some long winded sections going into the granular details of the most mundane subjects. l must admit some of these sections resulted in me skipping entire chapters once I grasped the General concept, this had little to no impact on my understanding or continuity of the plot.

Simon Vance on point with his narration.

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This is by far my favourite book of the chronicles-
Simon Vance is an excellent reader-
Fabulous story line, excellent cast of characters and a total escape.
Thoroughly recommended

6 th listen so far!

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As with the other books in this series so far I have loved this instalment

loved this book

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La Stat strikes again, this novel is another tour dear force from Ann Rice, she interweaves common mythology and in so doing creates a world that is alive. Beautiful.

Wonderful

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