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Anne Rice writes new novel about Jesus as 7-year-old called "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt"

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Anne Rice turns to Jesus
'Vampire Chronicles' author returns to faith, writes new book

Tuesday, November 8, 2005; Posted: 5:01 a.m. EST (10:01 GMT)

(AP) -- After stupendous sales for her tales of vampires, witches and lust, novelist Anne Rice has turned to Jesus -- personally and literarily.

Her innovative new novel "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt" (Knopf) depicts Jesus as a 7-year-old lad, speaking in his own words as the holy family moves from Egyptian exile to Nazareth.

"What did it feel like to be God and man as a child?" Rice asked herself. Oddly, the question carries an echo of her first supernatural thriller three decades ago, which explored a vampire's first-person perspective.

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