20 Who is this Lestat guy and what's the big deal about him? (Anne Rice vampires-o-rama)
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This article is from the Anne Rice FAQ, by Laura Troise talset@eskimo.com with numerous contributions by others.
20 Who is this Lestat guy and what's the big deal about him? (Anne Rice vampires-o-rama)
Lestat de Lioncourt a.k.a. The Brat Prince a.k.a. "Lestat, you are
the damnedest creature!" is the main character in the
VampChron series. He first appears in Interview as the
one who makes Louis (the narrator of Interview) into a
vampire. TVL is the biography of Lestat so I won't get into
that here. The big deal about Lestat is twofold. One, he
goes against all previous concepts of what vampires are
like. He is not some mindless monster but rather a
fun-loving, sympathetic, pain-in-the-ass guy whom most of
the other characters would sleep with if they had the
chance. Two, he's Anne's favorite character (and
this is out of all her works, not just VampChron). Whereas
Louis *is* Anne, Lestat is what Anne would like to be.
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