description: As with the first book in the series, the novel begins with a frame narrative. After over a half century underground, Lestat awakens in the 1980s to the cacophony of electronic sounds and images that characterizes the MTV generation. Particularly, he is captivated by a fledgling rock band named Satan's Night Out. Determined both to achieve international fame and end the centuries of self-imposed vampire silence, Lestat takes command of the band (now renamed "The Vampire Lestat") and pens his own autobiography. The remainder of the novel purports to be that the vampire traces his mortal youth as the son of a marquis in pre-Revolutionary France, his initiation into vampirism at the hands of Magnus, and his quest for the ultimate origins of his undead species. While very different from the first novel in the Vampire Chronicles, The Vampire Lestat has proved to be the foundation for a broader range of narratives than is possible from Louis's brooding, passive perspective. The character of Lestat is one of Rice's most complex and popular literary alter egos, and his Faustian strivings have a mythopoeic resonance that links the novel to a grand tradition of spiritual and supernatural fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to the unabridged audio edition. 16 cassetts 23.5 hrs listening
language: English
title: The Vampire Lestat
titlecomplete: The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
characters: Marius de Romanus, Akasha, Armand, Louis de Pointe du Lac, Gabrielle de Lioncourt, Lestat de Lioncourt, Nicolas de Lenfrent
genres: Historical Fiction, Gothic, Horror, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Adult, Supernatural, Fiction, Vampires, Paranormal
ratings_count: 196104
places: Paris, Egypt, New Orleans, Louisiana
series: The Vampire Chronicles
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.