Downtown Saturday Night in the Twentieth Century 1984 Summary

The Vampire Lestat is a story of wicked but beautiful beings, good and evil, the quest for knowledge and, ultimately, love. The vampire Lestat recounts his mortal and immortal history as he creates emotional turmoil in his wake. The story also follows as he seeks answers and meanings of the origin of his immortality. The lush imagery abounds from his early days as the marquis' son in the Auvergne, to Paris as the indefatigable Lelio on stage, to his fledgling days as a vampire, to his quest for knowledge from the ancient vampire Marius, and back to The Vampire Lestat's wild on stage performance in San Francisco.

It is 1984 and Lestat introduces himself as a rock star by current standards. He recounts the tale of how he went underground for several...