... Lestat, sexual and physical desires are satisfied by the act of drinking blood. He himself relates, " I wanted Nicki. I wanted him surely as any victim I'd ever struggled with in the Ile de la Cité. I wanted his blood flowing into me, wanted its taste and its smell and its heat."" (Rice, 149). Elements of homosexuality also lace the novel. Lestat's relationship with Nicholas ... ...

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