In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood. Anne Rice's compulsively readable novel is arguably the most celebrated work of vampire fiction since Bram Stoker's Dracula was published in 1897. As the Washington Post said on its first publication, it is a 'thrilling, strikingly original work of the imagination. sometimes horrible, sometimes beautiful, always unforgettable.

Reviews

'A spine-chilling nightmare, highly accomplished, an impressive feat of imagination' SUNDAY TIMES

'One of the most wonderful, erotic, sensual books ever written' Sting

"A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller. . . . Anne Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth--the education of the vampire." Chicago Tribune

'Thrilling. a strikingly original work of the imagination - unforgettable.' WASHINGTON POST
 
'The most successful vampire story since Bram Stoker's DRACULA.' THE TIMES 

"A supernatural thriller raised to the level of literature." Philadelphia Inquirer

Author Biography

Anne Rice is the author of the celebrated series of gothic novels featuring the vampire Lestat, and as Anne Rampling and A.N. Roquelaure she is one of the best contemporary writers of erotic fiction.