The Great and Secret Show - Softcover

Barker, Clive

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061099015 ISBN 13: 9780061099014

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1990

Synopsis

When postal clerk Randolph Jaffe stumbles across a dead letter room full of revelations about a secret and awesome power known as the Art, he finds himself entangled in a battle between good and evil in a quiet California town

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Review:

"A powerful and fascinating write with a brilliant imagination."-- J.G. Ballard"Barker has an unparalleled talent for envisioning other worlds." -- "Washington Post Book World" "A cross between "Gravity's Rainbow" and J.R.R. Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings, " allusive and mythic, complex and entertaining. Extravagantly metaphorical, wildly symbolic." -- "New York Times" "Rich and absorbing...vivid...incisive and elegant." -- "Time" "[Clive Barker] is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the farthest reaches of the imagination...His ambition and audacity are unparalleled; we know that we are in the presence of a vision that is genuine, unique and lasting." -- "The Washington Times"

About the Author:

Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume.

Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0061099015
• ISBN 13: 9780061099014
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback