IN THE FLESH - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671705024 ISBN 13: 9780671705022

Synopsis

Terrifying and forbidding, subversive and insightful, Clive Barker's groundbreaking stories revolutionized the worlds of horrific and fantastical fiction and established Barker's dominance over the otherworldly and the all-too-real. Here, as two businessmen encounter beautiful and seductive women and an earnest young woman researches a city slum, Barker maps the boundless vistas of the unfettered imagination -- only to uncover a profound sense of terror and overwhelming dread.

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Review:

"The Philadelphia Inquirer" Fiendishly good...unnerving, inspired...death, sex, fear, and self-knowledge come forth in many guises.

"The New York Times Book Review"

...plays upon our unconscious terrors...What a breath of fresh, if chilling, air.

"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

Fiendishly good...unnerving, inspired...death, sex, fear, and self-knowledge come forth in many guises.

"The Boston Herald"

İBarker¨ gives his stories the certainties of bad dreams...The first and last stories in this collection stand out as horror classics, meriting frequent glimpses into dark cornersfor a good while after they are done.

"Detroit News"

With elegant, terrifying strokes, Barker draws a universe of fear underlying the commonplace....Behind every mirror, under every carpet and in the heart of dirty streets is an elemental evil, a raw and hungry power....This is good, scary, stuff...The pacing is inexorable, the settings chilling, and the fates remorseless. "In the Flesh" makes you wonder what horror lies around the corner.

"The Boston Herald"

[Barker] gives his stories the certainties of bad dreams...The first and last stories in this collection stand out as horror classics, meriting frequent glimpses into dark cornersfor a good while after they are done.

"The New York Times Book Review,.".plays upon our unconscious terrors...What a breath of fresh, if chilling, air.

"The Philadelphia Inquirer"Fiendishly good...unnerving, inspired...death, sex, fear, and self-knowledge come forth in many guises.

"The Boston Herald"[Barker] gives his stories the certainties of bad dreams...The first and last stories in this collection stand out as horror classics, meriting frequent glimpses into dark cornersfor a good while after they are done.

"Detroit News"With elegant, terrifying strokes, Barker draws a universe of fear underlying the commonplace....Behind every mirror, under every carpet and in the heart of dirty streets is an elemental evil, a raw and hungry power....This is good, scary, stuff...The pacing is inexorable, the settings chilling, and the fates remorseless. "In the Flesh" makes you wonder what horror lies around the corner.

"The New York Times Book Review" ...plays upon our unconscious terrors...What a breath of fresh, if chilling, air.

"The Boston Herald" [Barker] gives his stories the certainties of bad dreams...The first and last stories in this collection stand out as horror classics, meriting frequent glimpses into dark cornersfor a good while after they are done.

"Detroit News" With elegant, terrifying strokes, Barker draws a universe of fear underlying the commonplace....Behind every mirror, under every carpet and in the heart of dirty streets is an elemental evil, a raw and hungry power....This is good, scary, stuff...The pacing is inexorable, the settings chilling, and the fates remorseless. "In the Flesh" makes you wonder what horror lies around the corner.

Detroit News With elegant, terrifying strokes, Barker draws a universe of fear underlying the commonplace....Behind every mirror, under every carpet and in the heart of dirty streets is an elemental evil, a raw and hungry power....This is good, scary, stuff...The pacing is inexorable, the settings chilling, and the fates remorseless. In the Flesh makes you wonder what horror lies around the corner.

The Boston Herald [Barker] gives his stories the certainties of bad dreams...The first and last stories in this collection stand out as horror classics, meriting frequent glimpses into dark cornersfor a good while after they are done.

The Philadelphia Inquirer Fiendishly good...unnerving, inspired...death, sex, fear, and self-knowledge come forth in many guises.

The New York Times Book Review ...plays upon our unconscious terrors...What a breath of fresh, if chilling, air.

About the Author:

Clive Barker is the bestselling author of nineteen books, including "Weaveworld, Imajica, " and "Galilee." He regularly shows his art in Los Angeles and New York, and produces and directs for both large screen and small. Recent projects include the Oscar(R)-winning film "Gods and Monsters, " and an exhibition of erotic painting and photographs, "The Weird and the Wicked." He lives with his husband, the photographer David Armstrong, in Los Angeles, along with his family of dogs, rats, geckoes, iguana, and turtles.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 0671705024
• ISBN 13: 9780671705022
• Binding: Paperback