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Karnevál I-III.
A Hamvas Béla által sorskatalógusnak nevezett hatalmas regényfolyamot, Bormester Mihály kalandos élettörténetét olvashatjuk a Karneválban. Regény? Bölcselet? Sorskatalógus? Regény vagy regényelméleti munka a Karnevál? Realista regény a filozófus ironikus és bölcs felhangjaival? Metafizikus világértelmezés regényes történettel körítve, illusztrálva? Mit jelent az, hogy a főhős élete ketté válik? Melyik melyik? És melyik az igazi? Van igazi? Hol kezdődik és mikor fejeződik be a Karnevál?
A Karnevál alapszituációja szerint a regény elbeszélője Bormester Mihály, lejegyzője pedig az ügyvivő, az "agent spirituel", aki, mint később kiderül, az elbeszélést több helyen módosítja. A regény tehát kettejük közös műve. Másrészt a fejezetek közé ékelődő "függönybeszélgetések"-ben többször szó esik az imaginációról, ami az ügyvivő meghatározásában "a lélek esszenciális élete" . Az ember az imaginációval folytonosan teremti a valóságot, és ha az imagináció romlott, az általa teremtett világ szintén romlott lesz. A regény végén található névmutató előtt fontos megjegyzés áll: a regény összes szereplője imagináció.
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Chicken with Plums
In November 1955, Nasser Ali Khan, one of Iran's most celebrated tar players, is in search of a new instrument. His beloved tar has been broken. But no matter what tar he tries, none of them sound right. Brokenhearted, Nasser Ali Khan decides that li
fe is no longer worth living. He takes to his bed, renouncing the world and all of its pleasures. This is the story of the eight days he spends preparing to surrender his soul. As the days pass and Nasser Ali Khan grows weaker, those who love him - h
is wife, his children, his siblings - gather round, incredulous, to try to comfort him. Every visitor stirs up a memory, and in the course of this week, Nasser Ali Khan revisits his entire life, a life defined by three relationships in particular. He
remembers his late mother, who sacrificed everything for his revolutionary brother, but who also, in the last week of her life, found solace only in smoking and listening to him play his tar; his angry wife, who can't forgive him his melancholy and
irresponsibility; and Irane, his first love, whose father forbade her to marry a poor musician and inflicted the wound that fuelled his music. The pieces of Nasser Ali Khan's story slowly fall into place, and as they do, we begin to understand him. B
y the time the eighth day dawns, having witnessed Nasser Ali Khan communing with Sufi mystics, Sophia Loren, the spirit of his late mother, his own demons and, bravely, with Azrael, the angel of death - we feel privileged to have known him. Brilliant
ly weaving together the past, present and future to explore the successes and joys, failures and disappointments of Nasser Ali Khan's life and through his story, the meaning of any of our lives - Marjane Satrapi has also once again presented us with
a complex and deeply human portrait of the men and women of her country, and of pre-revolution Iran itself. She delivers this tremendous story about life and death, and the fear and courage both require, with her trademark humour and insight. "Chicke
n With Plums" is Marjane Satrapi's finest achievement to date.
Strata /Anglicka/
THE COMPANY BUILDS PLANETS. Kin Arad is a high-ranking official of the Company. After twenty-one decades of living, and with the help of memory surgery, she is at the top of her profession. Discovering two of her employees have placed a fossilized plesiosaur in the wrong stratum, not to mention the fact it is holding a placard which reads, 'End Nuclear Testing Now', doesn't dismay the woman who built a mountain range in the shape of her initials during her own high-spirited youth. But then came discovery of something which did intrigue Kin Arad. A flat earth was something new...First published in 1981, Strata is an early exploration of the idea that was to become the bestselling Discworld series.
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Surrealist Photography
The classic Photofile series brings together the best work of the world's greatest photographers in an attractive format and at a reasonable price.Handsome and collectible, the books each contain reproductions in color and/or duotone, plus a critical introduction and a bibliography. Paris in the early 1920s saw the growth of a new art form called surrealism. Both a formal movement and a spiritual orientation, surrealism embraced ethics and politics as well as the arts. Surrealists sought to create a medium that liberated the subconscious mind, and many artists and photographers captured this revolution through photographic images. This new survey includes works by Max Ernst, Dora Maar, Lee Miller, René Magritte, Meret Oppenheim, and more. 60 photographs in color and duotone
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The Ride 2nd Gear
Men and motorcycles: a story that has vacillated somewhere between cult and cliche for years. Custom bikes, in particular, have a history that is deeply rooted in the spirit of freedom and change of the 1960s, as well as man's primal urge to build something with his own hands--or, in this case, tools. The Ride 2nd Gear is a showcase of the power and beauty of these bikes. The Ride 2nd Gear presents a stunning selection of recent custom motorcycles, as well as the small, local workshops around the globe in which they are built. Hotbeds of creativity and craftsmanship, these workshops are mostly run by single individuals and attract a small yet devoted community of fans and fellow builders. The custom bike community as a whole is united by its passion for the ride--one so strong that it is now attracting a younger generation. Whether alone or in a group of like-minded friends, in a city or in the countryside, just for the weekend or embarking on a long-distance road trip, these drivers are actively sharing and celebrating pure riding pleasure on their own unique motorcycles that are lovingly crafted with time, dedication, and technical expertise. From limited series to one-offs, The Ride 2nd Gear features the brilliant results of this process. Its pages are filled with bikes that offer extraordinary design and driving experiences. In fact, established brands are now acting on trends set by the custom scene whose bikes are often more radical and sophisticated because more attention can be paid to detail and each new idea can be fine-tuned to perfection. Some models shown in The Ride 2nd Gear stem from or are based on classic bobbers and choppers, Italian-style racing machines, plastic Japanese motorcycles, and rare BMWs or Triumphs, which may very well be up to 80 years old. Others are art bikes made for show or futuristic visions inspired by the aesthetics of science fiction, fantasy, or anime. But whether they preserve or radically expand on traditional craftsmanship, these custom machines are more agile, faster, and therefore more fun than anything produced in the past. Journalist and custom motorcycle expert Chris Hunter co-edited both this book and our previous release The Ride. Born in England, Hunter now lives with his family in New Zealand, where he runs the motorcycle website Bike EXIF. It is now the world's most popular showcase of custom bikes with millions of pageviews every month and a passionate global following."
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Recits Fantastiques
On retient souvent de Gautier l'image d'un conteur chatoyant jouant avec une nonchalance sereine des prestiges du langage. Mais Baudelaire avait su deviner chez ce pote un don pour décrire l' attitude mystérieuse que les objets de la création tiennent devant le regard de l'homme". Dans l'univers fantastique de Gautier, les mortes suscitent chez les vivants un désir trs charnel (La Morte amoureuse, Spirite), les objets s'animent (La Cafetire), les personnages s'échappent des tapisseries pour se faire amants d'un soir (Omphale), et les hallucinations se succdent jusqu'au vertige (La Pipe d'opium, Le Club des hachichins)... Inspirés des sciences occultes, l'instar des contes d'Hoffmann dont Gautier fut un fervent lecteur, ces récits, parus entre 1831 et 1856, consacrent le rve comme seconde vie, et expriment, sous leur apparente légreté, la hantise du temps et de la mort."
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Lacná kniha Recits Fantastiques
On retient souvent de Gautier l'image d'un conteur chatoyant jouant avec une nonchalance sereine des prestiges du langage. Mais Baudelaire avait su deviner chez ce pote un don pour décrire l' attitude mystérieuse que les objets de la création tiennent devant le regard de l'homme". Dans l'univers fantastique de Gautier, les mortes suscitent chez les vivants un désir trs charnel (La Morte amoureuse, Spirite), les objets s'animent (La Cafetire), les personnages s'échappent des tapisseries pour se faire amants d'un soir (Omphale), et les hallucinations se succdent jusqu'au vertige (La Pipe d'opium, Le Club des hachichins)... Inspirés des sciences occultes, l'instar des contes d'Hoffmann dont Gautier fut un fervent lecteur, ces récits, parus entre 1831 et 1856, consacrent le rve comme seconde vie, et expriment, sous leur apparente légreté, la hantise du temps et de la mort."
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Suckers
Alternative medicine is an increasingly mainstream industry with a predicted worth of five trillion dollars by the year 2050. Its treatments range from reputable methods like homeopathy and acupuncture to such bizarre therapies as nutraceuticals, ear candling, and ergogenics. Alternative approaches are endorsed by celebrities, embraced by the middle class, and have become a lifestyle choice for many based on their spurious claims of rediscovery of ancient wisdom and the supposedly benign quality of nature. As this hard-hitting survey reveals, despite their growing popularity and expanding market share, there is no hard evidence that any of these so-called natural treatments actually work. It reveals how alternative medicine jeopardizes the health of those it claims to treat, leaches resources from treatments of proven efficacy, and is largely unaccountable and unregulated. Bracing and funny, this is a calling to account of a social and intellectual fraud that has produced a global delusion.
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Argo (anglický)
Argo by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio - the declassified CIA story behind the Oscar-winning film. It is the winner of 'best picture' at the academy awards, The Baftas and The Golden Globes Tehran, November 1979. Militant students stormed the American embassy and held sixty Americans captive for a gruelling 444 days. But until now the CIA has never revealed the twist to the Iran Hostage Crisis: six Americans escaped. The escape plot was run by Antonio Mendez, head of the CIA's extraction team and a master of disguise. Mendez came up with an idea so daring and potentially foolish that it seemed destined for Hollywood ...and indeed it was. He invented a fake sci-fi film called 'Argo' (from the actual name of the CIA mission, a reference to Jason and the Argonauts). After announcing the production to the movie industry, Mendez put together a team of real 1970s Hollywood actors, directors and producers - along with covert CIA officers. They would travel to revolutionary Iran under a foreign film visa, and while 'scouting locations' throughout the country they would track down the six Americans who were hiding out. After giving them false identities as part of the film crew, they would spirit them back across the border. One part 'Ocean's 11' and another part 'Black Hawk Down', Mendez's mind-bogglingly complicated and risky gamble paid off: each escapee was extracted without a shot being fired. Mendez is considered one of the greatest officers in CIA history. The story of this, his greatest mission, has never been told. Now an acclaimed film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, with Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman' Antonio Mendez was cited by Richard Clarke as one of the top two or three CIA agents in history. His He received the Intelligence Star for his rescue of six Americans from revolutionary Iran, and has received the CIA's Intelligence Medal of Merit and the Trailblazer Medallion. He continues to consult for the CIA. He and his wife, also a famed agent, were technical consultants on the television series 'The Agency' and founding board members of the International Spy Museum in Washington. Matt Baglio is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist. His writing appears regularly in the Daily Mail and the Associated Press.
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Discover Ireland 3
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Discover Ireland is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Slurp oysters and clap your hands to spirited fiddle music in a lively Galway pub, explore medieval castles in Dublin and beyond, or set off amid vibrant green hills toward Atlantic coastal trails; all with your trusted travel companion. Discover the best of Ireland and begin
your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Discover Ireland: *Full-colour maps and images throughout *Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests *Insider tips save you time and money, and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots *Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices *Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleep
ing, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss *Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including customs, history, art, literature, music, politics, landscapes, sports, food and d
rink *Free, convenient pull-out Dublin map (included in print version), plus over 55 colour maps *Coverage of Dublin, Wicklow, Eastern Ireland, Kilkenny, The Southeast, Cork, Ring of Kerry, Galway, Clare, Western Ireland, Sligo, Donegal, Belfast, Derry, Antrim Coast, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Discover Ireland, our easy-to-use guide, is perfect for travellers who seek the most popular attractions a destination has to offer. Filled with inspiring and colourful photos, this guide
focuses on the best of the best. * Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends a wide range of experiences, both popular and offbeat, and extensively covers all the country has to offer? Check out Lonely Planet's Ireland guide. * Looking for a guide for Dublin? Check out Lonely Planet's Dublin guide for a comprehensive look at all the city has to offer. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Fionn Davenport, Catherine Le Nevez, Josephine Quintero, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, and Neil Wilson About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' -The New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and i
t's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -Fairfax Media (Australia)
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Photopocket New York
Bernd Obermann moved to New York City in 1996 to experience the city's vibrant mix of culture, and race. For the next five years he ventured out of his apartment nearly every day to explore what New York had to offer. The results of these walks through city streets, parks, and neighborhoods are collected in this paean to a place whose energy and spirit are as palpable as they are memorable. "I believe in acceptance and not in analysis", says Obermann. From the Bronx to the Battery, from poor to rich, Obermann's images reflect his own fascination and sense of discovery.
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The Wind in the Willows (Oxford World´s Classics)
The Wind in the Willows (1908) is a book for those 'who keep the spirit of youth alive in them'. So wrote Kenneth Grahame of his timeless tale of Toad, Mole, Badger, and Rat in their beautiful and benevolently ordered world. But it is also a world under siege, threatened by dark and unnamed forces, and defended by the mysterious Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The Wind in the Willows has achieved an enduring place in our literature: it succeeds at once in arousing our anxieties and in calming them by giving perfect shape to our desire for peace and escape.
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Dubliners
'Don't you think there is a certain resemblance between the mystery of the Mass and what I am trying to do? ...To give people some kind of intellectual pleasure or spiritual enjoyment by converting the bread of everyday life into something that has a permanent artistic life of its own' - James Joyce, in a letter to his brother. With these fifteen stories James Joyce reinvented the art of fiction, using a scrupulous, deadpan realism to convey truths that were at once blasphemous and sacramental. Whether writing about the death of a fallen priest ("The Sisters"), the petty sexual and fiscal machinations of "Two Gallants," or of the Christmas party at which an uprooted intellectual discovers just how little he really knows about his wife ("The Dead"), Joyce takes narrative places it had never been before.
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Kahn
Though Louis Isidore Kahn (1901–1974) started his career late in his life, the few projects he was able to undertake were realized to perfection. With the Jonas Salk Institute in La Jolla, California (1959–1965) Kahn created a workspace with superb functional and aesthetic qualities&894 the institute’s Minimalist elements radiate a sense of eternal beauty. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth (1966–1972) occupies the somewhat faceless city like an island of spiritual space, an effect that is achieved by simplicity in design and materials. Also, the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (1962–1974) and the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, National Assembly of Bangladesh in Dhaka that was finished after his death are buildings of monumental importance, demonstrating the vision of a talented and very unusual man.
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World´s Best Drinks Mini 1 - Lonely Planet
Travel the world from the comfort of your own living room! From the people who have been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years, Lonely Planet's World's Best Drinks is your passport to the planet's best tipples and soft drinks. Quench your thirst with over 60 recipes including cocktails, delicate tea brews and zingy aperitifs. For each of the authentic recipes in this book, an 'Origins' section details how the drink came into being in the culture that created it, alongside tasting notes of how best to sample it for the authentic experience, whether in an upscale New York cocktail bar, a fireside lounge or a Chinese teahouse. Each recipe includes ingredients and easy instructions so you can make it at home - as well as a photo to show you how it should look when you're finished. Perfect for any budding barista or bartender, this book has everything you need to blow your friends away at your next drinks party. BEER * Michelada - Mexico CIDER * Mulled cider - United Kingdom WINE * Glogi - Finland * Kalimotxo - Spain * Mimosa - France * Sangria - Spain * Terremoto - Chile GIN * Martini - USA * Negroni - Italy * Pimm's - United Kingdom * Singapore Sling - Singapore * Sloe gin - United Kingdom * Tom Collins - USA VODKA * Bloody Mary - France * Caesar - Canada * Cade Codder - USA * Cosmopolitan - USA * Espresso Martini - United Kingdom * Siam Sunray - Thailand RUM * Daiquiri - Cuba * Dark and Stormy - Bermuda * Eggnog - United Kingdom * Hibiscus ginger punch - Jamaica * Mai tai - California & Polynesia * Mojito - Cuba & the Cuban diaspora * Pina colada - Puerto Rico * Tasmanian bushwalkers' rum hot chocolate - Australia WHISKY * Caribou - Canada * Irish coffee - Ireland * Manhattan - Ireland * Mint julep - USA * Sazerac - USA TEQUILA * Margarita - Mexico * Paloma - Mexico * Sangrita - Mexico AT THE BACK OF THE SPIRIT CABINET * Canelazo - The Andes * Caipirinha - Brazil * Garibaldi - Italy * Kvas - Russia * Macua - Nicaragua * Pisco sour - Peru & Chile * Tongba - Nepal & India NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS * Agua de coco - Brazil * American milkshake - USA * Anijsmelk - The Netherlands * Ayran - Turkey * Bandung - Malaysia & Singapore * Bubble tea - Taiwan * Cardamom tea - East Africa * Chai - India * Cocoa tea - St Lucia * Coffee - Worldwide * Egg cream - USA * Espresso soda - USA * Horchata - Mexico * Malted milkshake - USA * Mango lassi - India * Mint tea - Morocco * Oliang - Thailand * Root beer float -USA * Shirley Temple - USA * Banana smoothie - Worldwide * Tea - China * Teh tarik - Malaysia & Indonesia * Yuan yang - Hong Kong About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)
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Cannery Row
In the chaos of Cannery Row a collection of misfits gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists live side-by-side. There is Dora, of the flaming orange hair, who runs the brothel with clockwork efficiency; Mack and his gang of good-natured losers,
who inhabit the Palace Flophouse; Lee Chong, astute owner of the flophouse and of the fantastically well-stocked local store; Henri, the terrified painter; and Doc, the source of all wisdom and generosity in this marginalized community. Packed with
adventure, mischief and the tough stuff of real life, Cannery Row is a high-spirited tribute to Steinbecks native California.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku
ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obálku.
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Arabian Horse
The almost spiritual relationship between the Arab and his horse and the longstanding fascination the world over for this purest-bred of all animals lie at the core of this sumptuously illustrated work. Tracing the history of the Arabian (or Arab) horse from before the time of King Solomon to the present day, the text by Peter Upton - author, artist and internationally recognized expert on the subject - explains the true origins of the breed and its role in Arab history. At the heart of the book are beautiful photographs of the horses themselves, arranged by geographical area. With its unrivalled range of illustrations, a comprehensive list of Arab horse organizations, registries and societies, a glossary of Arabic terms and a useful bibliography, here is the definitive book, in words and pictures, of the noblest breed in all the equine world.
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Wine Folly - A bor nagykönyve
Hogyan értékeljük a jó borokat?
A winefolly.com megkerülhetetlen, ha szeretnénk többet megtudni a borokról. A díjnyertes, profik és amatőrök ezrei által kedvelt internetes oldal alapján elkészült könyv egy újszerű, olvasóbarát borkalauz, áttekinthető és könnyen érthető infografikákkal.
A Wine Folly - A borok nagykönyve logikus felépítésének köszönhetően egyszerre könnyű és szórakoztató nagyszerű borokra bukkanni.
A könyv a sznobizmust félretéve, közérthető módon magyarázza el, hogyan kóstoljunk, miként ismerjük fel a kiváló minőséget és hogyan találjunk olyan bort, amelyet alkalomtól függetlenül szeretni fogunk.
A következő főbb témákról olvashatunk benne:
BOROS ALAPOK ÁTTEKINTÉSE
A LEGFONTOSABB ÉS A KEVÉSBÉ ISMERT BOROK BEMUTATÁSA
BOROK ÉS ÉTELEK PÁROSÍTÁSA
BORVIDÉKEK RÉSZLETES TÉRKÉPEKKEL
"A bor jó móka. Összetett, vibráló és jelentőségteljes. Az életünk részévé kell tennünk... ahogy ezt a könyvet is."
GEOFF KRUTH, mestersommelier, a GuildSomm.com elnöke
"Boros navigátor, amely játszi könnyedséggel vezeti a borkedvelőket, hogy jobban megismerjék a borokat, azok eredetét, és a különféle borvidékeket." - DR. ANDREW L. WATERHOUSE, a davisi Kaliforniai Egyetem borászprofesszora
MADELINE PUCKETTE a Court of Master Sommeliers okleveles sommelier-je. Korábban a dizájn világában dolgozott, többek között ez inspirálta a winefolly.com tartalmát. Munkáit a Wines of France, a Court of Master Sommeliers és a Guild of Sommeliers is felhasználta. 2013-ban az International Wine & Spirit Competitionön a Wine Folly lett az év bor/égetett szesz blogoldala.
JUSTIN HAMMACK a Wine Folly társalapítója. Az üzleti stratégiáért, a technológiai fejlesztésekért és az információk képi megjelenítéséért felelős.
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Merrick
The Vampire Armand finished with a tantalising moment - the Vampire Lestat rising from the dead in present-day New Orleans to walk again among Anne Rice's unforgettable undead. Now Lestat lives again but in a twilight world of music and memory. In this volume it is his mesmerizing friend and coeval Louis de Pointe du Lac (originating in 18th century France and Interview with the Vampire) who is tortured by the memory of the child vampire, Claudia, whom he loved and lost. With the help of David Talbot, vampire and ultimate fixer from the secret Talamasca organisation, Louis calls on the help of Merrick, young and gorgeous mixed-race by-blow of the rich New Orleans Mayfair clan. To save Louis' sanity, Merrick must use her black witchcraft to call up the ghost of Claudia - however dangerous this may be. There are other Mayfair spirits who will not lie still, and her search takes her close to the edge, through blood and terror, ritual and violence. Sweeping from New Orleans to the Brazilian jungle and the island of Haiti, this is vampire literature at its most tantalising, sexy and irresistible.
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