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Blackwood Farm

(The Vampire Chronicles)

By Anne Rice

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780345443687

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In her new novel, perennial bestseller Anne Rice fuses her two uniquely seductive strains of narrative -- her Vampire legend and her lore of the Mayfair witches -- to give us a world of classic deep-south luxury and ancestral secrets.

Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spaciousContinue

In her new novel, perennial bestseller Anne Rice fuses her two uniquely seductive strains of narrative -- her Vampire legend and her lore of the Mayfair witches -- to give us a world of classic deep-south luxury and ancestral secrets.

Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, bright, sun-drenched gardens, and a dark strip of the dense Sugar Devil Swamp. This is the world of Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man haunted since birth by a mysterious doppelgänger, “Goblin,” a spirit from a dream world that Quinn can’t escape and that prevents him from belonging anywhere. When Quinn is made a Vampire, losing all that is rightfully his and gaining an unwanted immortality, his doppelgänger becomes even more vampiric and terrifying than Quinn himself.

As the novel moves backwards and forwards in time, from Quinn’s boyhood on Blackwood Farm to present day New Orleans, from ancient Athens to 19th-century Naples, Quinn seeks out the legendary Vampire Lestat in the hope of freeing himself from the spectre that draws him inexorably back to Sugar Devil Swamp and the explosive secrets it holds.

A story of youth and promise, of loss and the search for love, of secrets and destiny, Blackwood Farm is Anne Rice at her mesmerizing best.


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  • The Best Reviews: Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

    "Horror at its' best" Heir to the wealthy Louisiana Blackwood Farm, Quinn Blackwood is a true son of the south, but has a secret that makes him quite different. He suffers nightmares caused by his spirit world doppelganger Goblin. Still he finds pass ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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    yet another mary sue?

    This is another attempt from Anne Rice liven up the old Vampire Chronicles series, by adding another vampire into the mix. Problem is, of course, it didn't really work...

    Lestat, instead of the defiant and beautiful brat that he was, became a plot device to turn the protagonist into a vampire. ... (continue)

    This is another attempt from Anne Rice liven up the old Vampire Chronicles series, by adding another vampire into the mix. Problem is, of course, it didn't really work...

    Lestat, instead of the defiant and beautiful brat that he was, became a plot device to turn the protagonist into a vampire. Lestat, who hunts serial killers for sport, who kicks everyone's ass, who, if he stayed true to form, wouldn't have even glanced at the protagonist.

    It's just so sad to see a beloved series turned into such garbage, sigh. And stupid me for still hoping for a miracle, that, well, to use Anne Rice's words, Lestat has returned to her.

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    little Alex said on Jan 9, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • I'm a fan of Anne Rice. I never get tired of her books. Here, you have vampires, witches and oh yea, a ghost; well sort of. Nice match-up. Naturally, before getting into this abyss of a book, you'll have to start at the beginning, meaning reading (ing, ing, ing) the whole vampires and the whole witc ... (continue)

    I'm a fan of Anne Rice. I never get tired of her books. Here, you have vampires, witches and oh yea, a ghost; well sort of. Nice match-up. Naturally, before getting into this abyss of a book, you'll have to start at the beginning, meaning reading (ing, ing, ing) the whole vampires and the whole witches chronicles. Of course!

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    jelabino said on Nov 11, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • Boring and slow beyond belief... lame characters... the decline of Mrs Rice. Sadly.

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    Embla said on Feb 4, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • Very good. Quinn is a "new" vampire with a fascinating family history. Despite the main character, and the appearance of Lestat, the book actually shares more in common with the Mayfair Witches story. A companion spirit named Goblin plays a key role. I read this after I had sort of "lost interes ... (continue)

    Very good. Quinn is a "new" vampire with a fascinating family history. Despite the main character, and the appearance of Lestat, the book actually shares more in common with the Mayfair Witches story. A companion spirit named Goblin plays a key role. I read this after I had sort of "lost interest" in Anne Rice. I was actually a bit surprised at how much I enjoyed it. More like her earlier books, in my opinion.

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    Bashful said on Aug 31, 2008 | Add your feedback

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