The Tale of the Body Thief

Zusatztext Praise for The Tale of the Body Thief   “Tinged with mystery! full of drama . . . The story is involving! the twists surprising.” — People   “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   “Fast-paced . . . . mesmerizing . . . silkenly sensuous . . . No one writing today matches her deftness with the erotic.” — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution   “Hypnotic . . . masterful.” — Cosmopolitan Informationen zum Autor Anne Rice Klappentext In a gripping feat of storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now-classic Interview with the Vampire. For centuries, Lestat-vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals-has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Now he is alone. And in his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the years of his haunted existence. Look for a special preview of Anne Rice's Prince Lestat in the back of the book. The Vampire Chronicles continue in Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, available for pre-order now. Praise for The Tale of the Body Thief "Tinged with mystery, full of drama . . . The story is involving, the twists surprising."-People "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 "Fast-paced . . . . mesmerizing . . . silkenly sensuous . . . No one writing today matches her deftness with the erotic."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Hypnotic . . . masterful."-Cosmopolitan Leseprobe Miami—the vampires' city. This is South Beach at sunset, in the luxurious warmth of the winterless winter, clean and thriving and drenched in electric light, the gentle breeze moving in from the placid sea, across the dark margin of cream-colored sand, to cool the smooth broad pavements full of happy mortal children. Sweet the parade of fashionable young men displaying their cultured muscles with touching vulgarity, of young women so proud of their streamlined and seemingly sexless modern limbs, amid the soft urgent roar of traffic and human voices. Old stucco hostelries, once the middling shelters of the aged, were now reborn in smart pastel colors, sporting their new names in elegant neon script. Candles flickered on the white-draped tables of the open-porch restaurants. Big shiny American cars pushed their way slowly along the avenue, as drivers and passengers viewed the dazzling human parade, lazy pedestrians here and there blocking the thoroughfare. On the distant horizon the great white clouds were mountains beneath a roofless and star-filled heaven. Ah, it never failed to take my breath away—this southern sky filled with azure light and drowsy relentless movement. To the north rose the towers of new Miami Beach in all their splendor. To the south and to the west, the dazzling steel skyscrapers of the downtown city with its high roaring freeways and busy cruise-ship docks. Small pleasure boats sped along the sparkling waters of the myriad urban canals. In the quiet immaculate gardens of Coral Gables, countless lamps illuminated the handsome sprawling villas with their red-tiled roofs, and swimming pools shimmering with turquoise light. Ghost walked in the grand and darkened rooms of the Biltmore. The massive mangrove trees threw out their primitive limbs to cover the broad and carefully tended streets. In Coconut Grove, the international shoppers thronged the luxurious hotels and fashionable malls. Couples embraced on the high balconies of their glass-walled condom...

Product details

• Authors: Anne Rice
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.1997
• EAN: 9780345419637
• ISBN: 978-0-345-41963-7
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 24 mm
• Series: The Vampire Chronicles; The Vampire Chronicles
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy