Download Memnoch the Devil Audiobook

" I love Anne Rice. All of her books examine "big themes". Often the musing is about the nature of existence. This book focuses on theological questions regarding God and the devil...It examines a long-standing argument between the two...As Christian lore tells us the devil is actually an angel, albeit a fallen one and he rules over hell...This book gives the backstory of the devil's devotional, but challenging relationship with God and his questioning of why God included such tremendous suffering in His scheme for physical manifestation...Memnoch questions God's infallibility and challenges Him that He has made a mistake in this regard...God is having none of it and eventually gives Memnoch a hell to run as he sees fit. Memnoch related to the place as a purgatory for ultimate entrance into heaven rather than as a place of eternal damnation....So the book makes the argument essentially that the devil is a good guy trying to help people who have suffered senselessly under Gods famous "Mysterious Plan"... This argument is presented in the context of Memnoch having grown weary over the eons and trying to recruit the Vampire Lestat to become his assistant. Memnoch takes Lestat to both heaven and hell while he tries to penetrate Lestat's conventional and unsophisticated understanding of the theological situation....There is also a fun romp with Lestat and his victim, a huge drug lord, and the victim's near saint mystic daughter...Very entertaining and gives one something to ponder...I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 only because I am not a Christian and the theological debate is not as compelling to me as it is to Anne. "