This article contains spoilers forInterview with the Vampireepisode 3 and Anne RicesVAMPIRE CHRONICLESnovels.
The stranger implies knowledge of dubious doings behind the scenes in the insular vampire world.
The long-form journalist wonders who this interloper is, and even scribbles MI6?
Hes not that far off.
The little vampire was a five-year-old dying orphan in 1794 when Lestat gave her the Dark Gift.
Sixty years later she rose against him, saying Ill put you in your coffin forever, Father.
While this is a very vampirish distinction to presume, his nocturnal vulnerability is almost human.
After an elusive connection in Miami, Raglan screwed up his courage to approach Lestat in Paris.
The nerve, indeed.
But the meeting reveals a deeper mystery, a message the vampire needs to decipher.
Its a psychic accident!
Living people dont go around doing it deliberately and in concerted agreement.
This brings us to the thief part of the Body Thief.
Raglan is a conman and a kleptomaniac.
Everything he owns is either stolen or coerced.
He loves to steal.
Its gotten him everything he could want, including a kind of immortality.
They kicked me out of it, Raglan confirms in the book.
They accused me of using my powers for gain.
What else is there, Monsieur de Lioncourt?
What do you use your powers for, if not for gain?
But what would profit even a vampire to gain the whole world, if he loses his soul?
Raglan had been dying of cancer, and conned the man in a bait and switch.
That isnt his body, Lestat realizes early.
Thats why he cant use its musculature or its height.
Thats why he almost falls when he runs.
He cant control those long powerful legs.
This was the detail which confirmed Lestats belief in the original claim, and made the offer irresistible.
In later books, David will do for Armand what Malloy is doing for Louis.
It may happen in a future season of anAMCAnne Rice Immortal Universe series.
Every laugh, each gasp, and all the shudders come from an underserved source.
But dont worry about theater-trained Kirk joining the live repertory of the undead.
The departure would be too divisive, and a Body Thief might steal the show.
Anne Rices Interview with the Vampire airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC and AMC+.
