Blackwood Farm

The Vampire Chronicles

By: Anne Rice

Narrated by: David Pittu

Length: 20 hrs and 37 mins

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)

Another exotic & crazy vampire story!

Would you listen to Blackwood Farm again? Why?

Only Anne Rice could have come up with such a great story, full of madly exotic creatures in the New Orleans swamplands.
I've listened to this audiobook 3X now, it's so engrossing. Lots of bizarre characters living eccentric lifestyles, lots of details to keep track of.
And I highly recommend the performance by David Pittu; he is SO perfect for all the voices [even the intersexed ones =o)]. He really livens the story up even more!
Indeed, I truly wish that the unabridged versions of The Vampire Armand & Vittorio the Vampire had used his voice, instead of wasting those entertaining stories on a really AWFUL reader like Jonathan Marosz!! Like Quinn (in Blackwood Farm) these were stories about young men who were given the

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

There are too many to try to boil them down to one. Read it & make your own decision.

What about David Pittu’s performance did you like?

He has an amazing talent with different intonations & accents.

Best book since tales of the body theif

Would you listen to Blackwood Farm again? Why?

Yes. With some books, not knowing is all that keeps you reading. So, once you know, there is nothing there for you. With Blackwood Farm, you are reading because the story affects you, I suspect I would still get a good feel from the story again.

What did you like best about this story?

As per the norm her tale is a hyperbole of human affection where passionate characters exchange surreal intimacy. Unlike some of the others, the pivitol character directs this surreal intimacy at many individuals which helps the reader feel as if they may be capable of such supernatural seaming endearment. It is not a private spectacle reserved for one person, the protag has a base intimacy with all good people that transposes to the reader, at least in my experience.

What does David Pittu bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

His voice for the protag and his voice for Lestat were both exceptional and more convincing than the typical performance in these books. His emphasis and cadence mated perfectly, very good performance in my opinion.

If you could rename Blackwood Farm, what would you call it?

Little Brother, by Anne Rice

Any additional comments?

Don't skip to this, though as always she writes in such a way that you could if you wanted to. Take your time and savor the series, this book is not unique for being wonderful in the vampire chronicles.

Alive again!!

It has been years, maybe 10 or 11 since I've read a book by Anne Rice. This was one I missed, but it did not disappoint me in any way. A long a vivid story. The character have a full life, mysterious death and an even more troubled after life. Rich and then powerful, but a romantic Gentleman throughout. I loved it.

Immersed in Magic

Lovely.... Where is the movie? Wonderful story of love and darkness for those seeking a magical story.

enchanting

loved it a great intro to the new coven members. Anne did a great job

Amazing

Amazing book from start to finish.. Shocking end.. I can't wait for the next book..

Very Well Done

I have been a huge Anne Rice fan for many years and I am glad that she continues to write interesting and provocative stories about the beloved vampires...and now incorporates them with the Mayfair witches. I had some reservations at first about "hearing" Anne Rice as I had always read her books but I must say that I was not disappointed and the narration was very well done.

Great time with the Anne Rice novel

Great ☺️ with my Anne Rice in the vampire chronicle and I will be getting more of lot more to try and make as many of Anne Rice audiobooks.

Love it

Anne Rice at did it again great story, great narration would recommend to anyone .

This just like all her book GREAT

loved it .... great story ... reader was good. loved the characters ... I want an Aunt Queen