• The Tale of the Body Thief

  • The Vampire Chronicles, Book 4
  • By: Anne Rice
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,686 ratings)

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The Tale of the Body Thief

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Editorial reviews

“Rice is our modern messenger of the occult, whose nicely updated dark-side passion plays twist and turn in true Gothic form.” ( San Francisco Chronicle)

Publisher's summary

In another 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.

©2010 Anne Rice (P)2015 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"Tinged with mystery, full of drama.... The story is involving, the twists surprising. " (People)

“Hypnotic...masterful.” (Cosmopolitan)

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Holy Sh:#@ tbis is good

I read this when it first came out in 1992 and forgot how amazing it is.
it is in some ways my favorite of the chronicles but I say that every time I finish re-reading or liatening to one.
of course there's a difference between reading it in college in the 90s in my early 20s and having Simon Vance read it to me now in my late 40s. but it still gives me the same feeling of rich immersion that it always had.

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pleasantly wonderful

Mr vance becomes the perfect story teller to bring this literary tale to life. It is an enjoyable work for a fan of the series.

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Wonderful!

Narrated perfectly!!! I am so impressed with the performance and this book is amazing may be my fave of the series

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Just a cool story

Lestat tells the story of something incredible that happened to him once. Cool sorry, great ending.

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Unbelievable!

When there is a glimpse of redemption, the result of Lestat's actions destroys that hope. Which makes the tale(s) even more enticing! I applaude Anne Rice's intricate story line. Simon Vance is a spectacular narrator. He is extremely talented with numerous cultural inflections. That helps distinguish from one character to another. Bravo!

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Loved it

Completely enthralled my favorite of the series so far. Humourous dark and fun. Lestat is Bae

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great book.

I love the book, the series, the vampire. How I wish there were more stories about them.

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It was really good.

I personally liked Queen of the Dammed better but this book is great too all her books I've read or listened to so far are.

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I love all her vampire chronicles

if ever Anne rice may need inspiration Jacolye T white is who she should look for

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loved

I enjoyed every second. On top the next book. Narrator rocks! I was bummed when it ended.

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