num_pages: 430
description: In a new 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.--front flap
language: English
title: The Tale of the Body Thief
titlecomplete: The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4)
characters: Lestat de Lioncourt, David Talbot
genres: Paranormal, Fantasy, Adult, Gothic, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Science Fiction Fantasy, Supernatural, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 85782
series: The Vampire Chronicles
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Horror / Dark Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf