Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquelaur, read by multiple narrators. Penguin Audio, unabridged, 12 CDs, 15.5 hrs., $50 ISBN 978-1-61176-464-2 At the start of book four in Rice’s erotic Sleeping ...

Anne Rice’s oeuvre has long been synonymous with lush, gothic imagination and baroque storytelling that redefines the contours of monstrosity. Her characters are not just creatures of the night ...