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    "description": "&quot;STARTLING . . . FIENDISH . . . MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING.&quot;<br />--New York Daily News<br />&quot;Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . . Narrated by Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife.&quot;<br />--Rolling Stone<br />&quot;SENSUAL . . . BOLD, FAST-PACED.&quot;<br />--USA Today<br />&quot;Rice has penned an ambitious close to this long-running series. . . . Fans will no doubt devour this.&quot;<br />--The Washington Post Book World<br />&quot;MEMNOCH THE DEVIL OFFERS PASSAGES OF POETIC BRILLIANCE.&quot;<br />--Playboy<br />&quot;[MEMNOCH] is one of Rice's most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date. . . . Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form.&quot;<br />--The Seattle Times",
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