<P> In modern - day San Francisco , reporter Daniel Molloy interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac , who claims to be a vampire . Louis describes his human life as a wealthy plantation owner in 1791 Louisiana . Despondent following the death of his wife and infant child , one night he is attacked by the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt while drunkenly wandering the waterfront of New Orleans . Lestat senses Louis ' dissatisfaction with life and offers to turn him into a vampire , which Louis accepts . However , he quickly comes to regret it . While Lestat revels in the hunt and killing of humans , Louis resists killing them , drinking animal blood to sustain himself . He is disgusted by Lestat 's pleasure in killing and comes to suffer tremendously as a vampire . </P>
<P> In modern - day San Francisco , reporter Daniel Molloy interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac , who claims to be a vampire . Louis describes his human life as a wealthy plantation owner in 1791 Louisiana . Despondent following the death of his wife and infant child , one night he is attacked by the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt while drunkenly wandering the waterfront of New Orleans . Lestat senses Louis ' dissatisfaction with life and offers to turn him into a vampire , which Louis accepts . However , he quickly comes to regret it . While Lestat revels in the hunt and killing of humans , Louis resists killing them , drinking animal blood to sustain himself . He is disgusted by Lestat 's pleasure in killing and comes to suffer tremendously as a vampire . </P>
who interviewed louis in interview with the vampire
who interviewed louis in interview with the vampire
reporter Daniel Molloy
reporter Daniel Molloy