Memnoch, the Devil (Anne Rice)

Rice, Anne

ISBN 10: 0679438327 ISBN 13: 9780679438328

Publisher: Random House Audio, 1995

Synopsis

The Vampire Lestat is offered a chance at redemption. 4 cassettes.

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Lestat is offered a chance at redemption. 4 cassettes.

Reviews

"Let the Devil take you," Lestat confronts this extraordinary challenge in what is already an extraordinary life of vampires, mortals, angels--the entire world Rice has so carefully and believable consructed. Roger Rees has a lustrous voice--rich and precise with tremendous range. His timing is impeccable, alternating between conversation and menace in a heartbeat. He can make a whisper become a kiss then a bite with one breath. The production is excellent as well as catching each low tone and soft word. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

The strangely appealing and dashing Vampire Lestat returns in this fifth installment of Rice's popular "Vampire Chronicles" (e.g., The Queen of the Damned, Audio Reviews, LJ 6/1/95). Like Robin Hood, Lestat chooses as victims those who inflict harm; when we first meet him, he is stalking Roger, a drug lord with a past as a hit man. Roger's only real treasure is his gargoyle-like statues, which he desperately wants his televangelist daughter, Dora, to inherit. Lestat, feeling unusually tender toward Dora, does everything to protect her, including meeting the devil (who despises the moniker Satan, preferring "Memnoch" instead). What follows is a rich and fantastical journey through otherworlds. Rice quickly grabs the listener with this superbly crafted fantasy that is perhaps best enjoyed in audio format. At times a bit contrived, it is nevertheless an intriguing story that will not disappoint Rice's well-established following. Reader Roger Rees turns in an excellent performance. For most popular collections.
Susan McCaffrey, Legg Middle Sch. Lib., Coldwater, Mich.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Audio
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679438327
• ISBN 13: 9780679438328
• Binding: Audio Cassette