The Tale of the Body Thief
Price: $80.00
Original Wrappers. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. Fine.
First edition, Advance Reader's Edition. Signed by Rice on the title page. Publisher's pictorial purple wrappers designed by Chip Kidd featuring The Rape of the Sabines by Giovanni da Bologna. Fine. Overall, a beautiful copy. The Tale of the Body Thief is the fourth installation in Anne Rice's 13-book series, The Vampire Chronicles. In this installation, a lonely Lestat, who has come to resent his vampiric nature, trades bodies with a mortal man, a swindler named Raglan James (the "Body Thief"). Lestat later regrets the decision and sets out to remedy his position with the help of his mortal friend David Talbot. The Tale of the Body Thief is the first book in the Vampire Chronicles without a corresponding film adaptation. Imagine Entertainment began preparations for a movie in 2012, but this was shut down the following year. In 2022, however, the series was turned into an ongoing TV series, starring Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid. Item #ARC012
