Blackwood Farm
The Vampire Chronicles
Rice, Anne
Hardcover
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BOOK SUMMARY
In her new novel, perennial bestseller Anne Rice fuses her two uniquely seductive strains of narrative -- her Vampire legend and her lore of the Mayfair witches -- to give us a world of classic deep-south luxury and ancestral secrets.
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
"Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, sun-drenched gardens, and a dark strip of the dense Sugar Devil Swamp. This is the world of Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man haunted since birth by a mysterious doppelganger, a spirit known as Goblin, a spirit from a dreamworld that Quinn can't escape and that prevents him from belonging anywhere. When Quinn is made a vampire, losing all that is rightfully his and gaining an unwanted immortality, his doppelganger becomes even more vampiric and terrifying than Quinn himself." As the novel moves backward and forward in time, from Quinn's boyhood on Blackwood Farm to present-day New Orleans, from ancient Pompeii to nineteenth-century Naples, Quinn seeks out the legendary Vampire Lestat in the hope of freeing himself from the specter that draws him inexorably back to Sugar Devil Swamp and the explosive secrets it holds.
BOOK REVIEWS
Rice breathes new life into the long-running Vampire Chronicles with the tale of Quinn Blackwood, a young vampire haunted by a menacing doppelganger.Rather than extrapolating from previous Vampire Chronicles, the latest presents a completely fresh story, a gripping gothic yarn that revives the series. -- Booklist
Rices books have always had a sexy edge, and shes not gone stale. -- Metro Weekly (Washington D.C.)
At least as good as Rices earliest novels because she centers her story on new characters with interesting stories of their own. Using lush, voluptuous prose, Rice tells a complex and mesmerizing story. Recommended. -- Library Journal
Blood refreshed for Rice: Vampiric intrigue returns in Blackwood. Blackwood Farm is strong and continues the return to form for Rice that began with Merrick. -- The Denver Post
Blackwood Farm is Anne Rices best book in years. In fact, it may be necessary to go back to the initial trio of vampire novels to find one that flows with as much grace and continuity. Not only is it beautifully descriptive; it is wonderfully scripted -- with all sorts of unexpected turns. Rice fires all the weapons in her storytellers quiver -- including several kinky, sexually explicit scenes. She uses surprisingly short chapters, most ending with a suspenseful note that practically begs the reader to move on for just one more page. -- Miami Herald
Quinns story is beautifully haunting. His tale is like a curiosity shop, filled with lovely and unusual things. There is an intimacy to Blackwood Farm that makes readers feel as though they are an important part of Quinn's world. And it's a world they wont want to leave. -- Detroit Free Press
Classic Anne Ricehard to put down Fans of Rice will enjoy this novel, since it is a return to the form that originally drew so many into her bizarre subworld of blood drinkers and witches in the first place. -- United Press International
Blackwood Farm is a collection of unexpected twists and turns. Rice implements all of her tricks -- spirits, ghosts, vampires, witches, strong family bonds, platonic and forbidden romantic love. The finale should elicit a squeal of excitement from readers who thought Rice was merely going through the motions. Luckily, that lull has passed. Blackwood Farm closes with enough unearthed family secrets to fill another novel and a cliffhanger that promises a sequel. -- The Charlotte Observer
Praise for Anne Rice:
Rices strengths as a writer [include] her knack for colourful characters, her loving attention to historical detail [and] her imaginative exploration of myth and mysticism. -- The Globe and Mail
[Merrick] is a book where Rices two worlds -- of witches and vampires -- finally collide. -- Ottawa Citizen
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0375411992
ISBN(13-digit): 9780375411991
Copyright: 2002
Dewey Decimal: 813/.54
Library of Congress: 2003272519
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
Binding: Sewn
No. of Pages: 527
Paper Weight (lb): 2.05
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