A century-old vampire from New Orleans reunites with an ailing journalist to recount his life of bloodlust and his tumultuous relationship with the rakish Frenchman who turned him.
"In throes of increasing wonder ... "
" ... after the phantoms of your former self"
"Is my very nature that of the devil"
" ... the ruthless pursuit of blood with all a child's demanding"
"A vile hunger for your hammering heart"
"Like angels put in Hell by God"
"The thing lay still"