In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with ...Show synopsisIn a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood. Anne Rice's compulsively readable novel is arguably the most celebrated work of vampire fiction since Bram Stoker's Dracula was published in 1897. As the Washington Post said on its first publication, it is a 'thrilling, strikingly original work of the imagination ...sometimes horrible, sometimes beautiful, always unforgettable'.Hide synopsis
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Description:Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 0.5cm...Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 0.5cm closed tear to top of spine of wrapper and 1cm closed tear on fore edge of rear cover.
Description:Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0 345 04036 7 No p...Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0 345 04036 7 No p/clip. 2cm rip to back board covered with invisible tape. Very slight fade to titles on spine.
Description:Alfred A. Knopf: NY 1976. 8.5 x 6", cloth backed boards, 372pp,...Alfred A. Knopf: NY 1976. 8.5 x 6", cloth backed boards, 372pp, covers well worn, back cover soiled, book cocked, ink name, in worn, torn dw. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. A worn, hence affordable copy.
Description:Fine in Fine jacket. Signed Limited Edition. Signed by ANNE RICE...Fine in Fine jacket. Signed Limited Edition. Signed by ANNE RICE One of 1, 000 numbered copies specially signed by the author for distribution during the 1992 ABAA in Los Angeles. With a narrow band wrapped around the middle of the dustjacket announcing the forthcoming publication of the author's "The Tale of the Body Thief" on October 31, 1992.
Edition: First edition. Advance Reading Copy, "Special Preview Edition"
Binding: Wraps
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,
Description:Good. No dust jacket as issued. Advanced Reading Copy. White...Good. No dust jacket as issued. Advanced Reading Copy. White paper binding with black lettering and picture of author on front cover. The copy of the New York playwright Ron Whyte with his ownership stamp on the verso of the front cover. Good only. Whyte used this as a working copy (perhaps he acquired it in 1976) with some marginal lines and some notes on the final blank pages in his usual red pen. The front cover was detached and he put on scotch tape pieces to hold it. Author and title are written on the spine in blue pen (not in Whyte s hand). Whyte was a writer who was interested in the effects of horror and the grotesque. His best known work is Disability: A Comedy.
There was too much time inside Louis's melancholy mind and not enough about the world at large. I preferred The Vampire Lestat because it had a more active narration as opposed to the lament always present in this book.
That said, still well-written.
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This book will absolutely suck you in and you'll never want to put it down (except to read the other books in the series). Anne Rice's amazing use of detail paints a perfect picture in your mind and its like your actually there. You'll fall in love with the handsome vampire Louis as he tells his "life ...
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Anne Rice spins such an intricate story in this book. You are quickly sucked into Louis' world and the thought of leaving it is almost unbearable. There are some points where Anne goes into so much detail that it becomes a little bit of a dry read, but those details are essential to this intricate ...
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