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Synopsis to...The Vampire Armand
Armand until now has played a small role in the Vampire Chronicles. Here he assumes center stage, relating his five hundred years of life to fledging vampire David Talbot, who plays amanuensis to Armand as he did to Lestat.... It's not just the epic plot but Rice's voluptuary worldview that's the main attraction.... Elegant narrative has always been Rice's hallmark.... Rice is equally effective in showing how Armand eventually loses his religion and becomes 'the vagabond angel child of Satan,' living under the Paris cemeteries and founding the Grand Guignol-ish Theatre des Vampires. In the twentieth century, a rehabilitated Armand regains his faith but falls in love with two children, Sybelle and Benji, who save his life. By the conclusion of "Armand", the pupil has become the mentor.
