{"product_id":"the-vampire-lestat","title":"The Vampire Lestat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe vampire hero of Anne Rice’s enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Vampire Lestat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eThe Village\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eVoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Luxuriantly created and richly told.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52760161878296,"sku":"9780345419644","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9780345419644_b8587.jpg?v=1790272316","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/the-vampire-lestat","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}