Memnoch the Devil [Hardcover]

Anne Rice (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Random House Inc; 1St Edition edition (July 1, 1995)
• ISBN-10: 1299138748
• ISBN-13: 978-1299138742
• ASIN: B001E3J6CA
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,247,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anne Rice was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in English and Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science.

She is the author of over 30 books, most recently the Toby O'Dare novels Of Love and Evil, and Angel Time; the memoir, Called Out of Darkness;and her two novels about Jesus, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana,

Anne publicly broke with organized religion in July of 2010 on moral grounds, affirming her faith in God, but refusing any longer to be called "Christian." The story attracted surprising media attention, with Rice's remarks being quoted in stories all over the world.

Anne is very active on her FaceBook Fan Page and has over 550,000 followers. She answers questions every day on the page, and also posts on a variety of topics, including literature, film, music, politics, religion, and her own writings. She welcomes discussion there on numerous topics.

Her latest novel, The Wolf Gift, a werewolf story set in Northern California in the present time, will be published on February 14th, 2012. With this book, Anne returns to the classic monsters and themes of supernatural literature, similar to those she explored in her Vampire Chronicles, and tales of the Mayfair Witches.

Her first novel, Interview with the Vampire, was published in 1976 and has gone on to become one of the best-selling novels of all time. She continued her saga of the Vampire Lestat in a series of books, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles, which have had both great mainstream and cult followings.

Interview with the Vampire was made into a motion picture in 1994, starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst and Antonio Banderas. Anne's novel, Feast of All Saints about the free people of color of ante-bellum New Orleans became a Showtime mini series in 2001.

Anne Rice is also the author of other novels, including The Witching Hour, Servant of the Bones, Merrick, Blackwood Farm, Blood Canticle, Violin, and Cry to Heaven. She lives in Palm Desert, California.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Memnoch the Devil, January 14, 2011

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Michael Barnett (Plano, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memnoch the Devil (Hardcover)

This is one of my favorite books from Anne Rice. She is exceptional in her research and details of two thousand years ago. Her character development of Memnoch, and interactions with Lestat are wonderfully created. I love the premise and story, and how it moves away from just vampire lives and into heaven and hell, and afterlife issues. It is an adventure on a grand scale

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4.0 out of 5 stars Memnoch, Enoch, Knock, Knock, January 26, 2011

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BookGirl - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memnoch the Devil (Hardcover)

Knock, knock, who's there? I think that the answer to this common knock, knock joke is always silly and usually does not elicit a laugh unless one is not used to hearing knock, knock jokes, vampires can wear out their welcome in the same way that too much religious theory about heaven and hell and remind people of a sermon they have heard a thousand times. However, this novel does not sermonize it explores the concepts creatively. Anyhow, the concept of vampires is married with fallen angels that mimic the actions of the most famous fallen angel Satan Lucifer, but the book does not seem evil or to encourage. I saw it from the perspective of fiction and creative exploration of indirect Christian theology about angels.