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Memnoch the Devil

The Vampire Chronicles

By Anne Rice

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| Hardcover | 9780679441014

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In Anne Rice's extraordinary novel, the Vampire Lestat--outsides, canny monster, hero-wanderer--is at last offered the chance to be redeemed.

He is brought into direct confrontation with both God and the Devil, and into the land of Death.

We are in New York.  The city is blanContinue

In Anne Rice's extraordinary novel, the Vampire Lestat--outsides, canny monster, hero-wanderer--is at last offered the chance to be redeemed.

He is brought into direct confrontation with both God and the Devil, and into the land of Death.

We are in New York.  The city is blanketed in snow.  Through the whiteness Lestat is searching for Dora, the beautiful and charismatic daughter of a drug lord, the woman who arouses Lestat's tenderness as no mortal ever has.

While torn between his vampire passions and his overwhelming love for Dora, Lestat is  confronted by the most dangerous of adversaries he has yet known.

He is snatched from the world itself by the mysterious Memnoch, who claims to be the Devil. He is invited to be a witness at the Creation.  He is taken like the ancient prophets into the heavenly realm and is ushered into Purgatory.

He must decide if he can believe in the Devil or in God.  And finally, he must decide which, if either, he will serve.

In the first four Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summoned up for us worlds that are fantastic and distant, making them as resonant, real, and immediate as our own.  In this, her most daring and darkest novel, she takes us, with Lestat, into the mythical world that is most important to us--into the realms of our own theology.

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  • Fifth in the the series - The Vampire Chronicles

    Anne Rice lost me on this one. In my opinion, it had very little to do with vampires. It really focused on Lestat's quest for religious knowledge or understanding. It just did not work for me.

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    Bashful said on Aug 25, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • First of all, this one didn't get me hooked to the story as did the first ones. Despite that I really liked the overall tone of the book. Finding salvation and truth when the Devil takes you to Heaven and Hell. I mean, it was bound to happen with Lestat. The ending made me a bit confused but tha ... (continue)

    First of all, this one didn't get me hooked to the story as did the first ones. Despite that I really liked the overall tone of the book. Finding salvation and truth when the Devil takes you to Heaven and Hell. I mean, it was bound to happen with Lestat. The ending made me a bit confused but that's always a good thing.

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    s u v i said on Jul 1, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • My favorite Anne Rice book. Kind of abandoned her not long after this one, but I still pick it up and read it randomly. Great book, interesting take on heaven and hell.

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    Avi said on Feb 13, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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