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  • Blackwood Farm

  • The Vampire Chronicles
  • By: Anne Rice
  • Narrated by: David Pittu
  • Length: 20 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,492 ratings)

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Blackwood Farm

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: David Pittu
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Publisher's summary

Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, sun-drenched gardens, and a dark strip of the dense Sugar Devil Swamp. This is the world of Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man haunted since birth by a mysterious doppelganger, a spirit known as Goblin, a spirit from a dream world that Quinn can't escape. When Quinn is made a vampire, his doppelganger becomes even more vampiric and terrifying than Quinn himself.

As the novel moves backward and forward in time, from Quinn's boyhood on Blackwood Farm to present-day New Orleans, from ancient Athens to 19th-century Naples, Quinn seeks out the legendary Vampire Lestat in the hope of freeing himself from the specter that draws him inexorably back to Sugar Devil Swamp and the explosive secrets it holds.

A story of youth and promise, of loss and the search for love, of secrets and destiny, Blackwood Farm is Anne Rice at her mesmerizing best.

©2002 Anne O'Brien Rice (P)2002 Random House Inc., Random House Audio, a Division of Random House Inc.

Critic reviews

"A completely fresh story, a gripping gothic yarn that revives the series." (Booklist)
"Using lush, voluptuous prose, Rice tells a complex and mesmerizing story." (Library Journal)

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Loved it!!

This book is why I love Anne Rice. She always leaves you wanting more!!

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Love Anne Rice!

Would you listen to Blackwood Farm again? Why?

I've read all of Anne Rice's Vampire books. Blackwood Farm was one that I just never finished so I bought the audible version. I'm so glad I did! The narrator brought the book to life. I found myself laughing at times because of how he brought the main character to life.

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Loved it so much I wish she had more books. I want to hear more about Mona Mayfair.

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If you enjoy horror this is a good one

The story is so compelling and interesting for the lovers of the mysteriousI and macabre. I love the performance of the read and the length of the tale.

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Masterful book

This book have me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end, Anne Rice you are a wonderful!!!!!

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Excellent Narrator!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, great story telling!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Blackwood Farm?

Finding out who Quinn's doppleganger really was!

If you could take any character from Blackwood Farm out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Ms. Queen!

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Great story! The narrotor was exceptional! I would read almost anything he narrated!

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Amazing Vampiric Love Story

This has to be the best story yet since Interview With A Vampire. it was so mesmerizing. I loved every word of it

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Anne Rice Always

I was listening to this audible at the death of our beloved Anne Rice. RIP

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A Little Slow

I love this series. Most I cannot stop listening too, this one I found hard to keep listening too. Not sure why, just found the story long and drawn out, boring at times and just not interesting. Likely just me. Other than the the story is solid and easy to follow. My least favorite of the series for sure, but still a great book.

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amazing!

David IS Tarquin Blackwood! He does such an amazing job with not only Quin but the accents and inflections of other characters. I became so engulfed in the story, perfect as usual Anne Rice!

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