Louis, a vampire, approaches Malloy, a journalist with a penchant for sensational stories, to tell him the story of his life. In 1791, after losing his wife and child, the young Louis wants to die, but an encounter with the vampire Lestat opens the door to eternal life for him.

Billy, a young English clerk, is a pathological liar. Or rather, he lives in his own fantasies, in the land of Ambrosia, where he is a king, a general, and a great lover. As a result, nothing but trouble awaits him in the real world. First, his greatest hope—to become a screenwriter—is in jeopardy. Second, he’s entangled in relationships with three women: he’s already engaged to two of them, and he’s in love with the third.