The Damnation Game Inscribed Association copy Extras

Barker, Clive

ISBN 10: 0297787209 ISBN 13: 9780297787204

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, United Kingdom, 1985

Language: English

Condition: Used - Fine Hardcover

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Barker's 1st novel was highly anticipated. This copy is a 1st printing with an inscription on the title page "To Colin Greenland, with very best wishes, Clive 28th August ; 1985" this being the publication date. Dedications from Barker to other authors are uncommon. Laid in is the invitation from the publisher to Colin Greenland for the party with drinks at 6.30pm at Forbidden Planet London. This text block is browning as usual, otherwise this is a lovely copy with sharp square boards and a fine dj that has been in mylar since publication. Excellent collectors copy. With an Advance Copy of The Magician (Clive Barker Playscripsts) 91pps.

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Title: The Damnation Game Inscribed Association copy Extras
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0297787209
ISBN 13: 9780297787204
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Chance had ruled Marty Strauss' life for as long as he could remember. Now at last luck was turning his way. Parolled from prison, he becomes bodyguard to Joseph Whitehead, one of the richest men in Europe. But Whitehead has also played with chance - an ancient game which gave him vast power and wealth, in exchange for his immortal soul.

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From its brilliant opening to its shocking conclusion, [this] is a compelling work. ("Philadelphia Daily News")

A deliciously scary tale...Barker s brilliantly literary work has raised horror to a level of excellence it has rarely reached before. Whitley Streiber

One of the best horror novels in a very long time...do not miss it! USA Today

Original and memorable...engrossing...disturbing...Horror mavens who enjoy violence and harrowing imagery will find plenty of both here. But there is more to The Damnation Game than gore. This story of a supernaturally powerful man who can resurrect the dead probes the many varieties of corruption. Publishers Weekly

Remarkably powerful...Barker has created a truly legendary monster. In pure descriptive power there is no one writing horror fiction now who can match him. The Washington Post

Wonderful, moving and apocalyptic. Death and damnation hang at the end of every chapter. Barker makes us squirm. Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Will fry your eyes off! Keep the lights on. Larry King

A masterly novel...a thrill a minute. Chicago Sun-Times

A tour de force of gruesome supernatural horror...startling, hard-hitting, graphic...brilliantly executed. Fantasy Review

A horrifying thriller. The Wall Street Journal

A gripping tale of hideous evil. New York Daily News

Will hold you in its spell. Barker has a keen knack for ripping the skin off every detail and exposing the horrors lurking just below the surface...Captivating and original. South Herald Tribune

Shattering...A full scale, hair-raising assault on the imagination. Anniston Star

A writer of stunning imagination...With his artist s eye for detail, Barker instills a mythic quality into his vision of hell. The Atlanta Journal & Constitution

The most literate and disturbing horror novel I have ever read. This is the place that nightmares are spawned read it at your own peril, but read it you must!

Imagine

A powerful, thrilling novel that provokes the imagination and raises the blood pressure. The Orlando Sentinel

Frightening...Scalpel-clean prose and wild inventiveness. Kirkus Reviews

Powerful...original...Barker s horror is elegant enough that one can admire it as a kind of hellish choreography, with the characters all dancing to his phantasmagorical tune. New York Newsday

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"A deliciously scary tale...Barker's brilliantly literary work has raised horror to a level of excellence it has rarely reached before." --Whitley Streiber

"One of the best horror novels in a very long time...do not miss it!" --USA Today

"Original and memorable...engrossing...disturbing...Horror mavens who enjoy violence and harrowing imagery will find plenty of both here. But there is more to The Damnation Game than gore. This story of a supernaturally powerful man who can resurrect the dead probes the many varieties of corruption." --Publishers Weekly

"Remarkably powerful...Barker has created a truly legendary monster. In pure descriptive power there is no one writing horror fiction now who can match him."--The Washington Post

"Wonderful, moving and apocalyptic. Death and damnation hang at the end of every chapter. Barker makes us squirm." --Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Will fry your eyes off! Keep the lights on." --Larry King

"A masterly novel...a thrill a minute." --Chicago Sun-Times

"A tour de force of gruesome supernatural horror...startling, hard-hitting, graphic...brilliantly executed." --Fantasy Review

"A horrifying thriller." --The Wall Street Journal

"A gripping tale of hideous evil." --New York Daily News

"Will hold you in its spell. Barker has a keen knack for ripping the skin off every detail and exposing the horrors lurking just below the surface...Captivating and original." --South Herald Tribune

"Shattering...A full scale, hair-raising assault on the imagination." --Anniston Star

"A writer of stunning imagination...With his artist's eye for detail, Barker instills a mythic quality into his vision of hell." --The Atlanta Journal & Constitution

"The most literate and disturbing horror novel I have ever read. This is the place that nightmares are spawned--read it at your own peril, but read it you must!"--

Imagine

"A powerful, thrilling novel that provokes the imagination and raises the blood pressure." --The Orlando Sentinel

"Frightening...Scalpel-clean prose and wild inventiveness." --Kirkus Reviews

"Powerful...original...Barker's horror is elegant enough that one can admire it as a kind of hellish choreography, with the characters all dancing to his phantasmagorical tune." --New York Newsday

-A deliciously scary tale...Barker's brilliantly literary work has raised horror to a level of excellence it has rarely reached before.- --Whitley Streiber

-One of the best horror novels in a very long time...do not miss it!- --USA Today

-Original and memorable...engrossing...disturbing...Horror mavens who enjoy violence and harrowing imagery will find plenty of both here. But there is more to The Damnation Game than gore. This story of a supernaturally powerful man who can resurrect the dead probes the many varieties of corruption.- --Publishers Weekly

-Remarkably powerful...Barker has created a truly legendary monster. In pure descriptive power there is no one writing horror fiction now who can match him.---The Washington Post

-Wonderful, moving and apocalyptic. Death and damnation hang at the end of every chapter. Barker makes us squirm.- --Seattle Post-Intelligencer

-Will fry your eyes off! Keep the lights on.- --Larry King

-A masterly novel...a thrill a minute.- --Chicago Sun-Times

-A tour de force of gruesome supernatural horror...startling, hard-hitting, graphic...brilliantly executed.- --Fantasy Review

-A horrifying thriller.- --The Wall Street Journal

-A gripping tale of hideous evil.- --New York Daily News

-Will hold you in its spell. Barker has a keen knack for ripping the skin off every detail and exposing the horrors lurking just below the surface...Captivating and original.- --South Herald Tribune

-Shattering...A full scale, hair-raising assault on the imagination.- --Anniston Star

-A writer of stunning imagination...With his artist's eye for detail, Barker instills a mythic quality into his vision of hell.- --The Atlanta Journal & Constitution

-The most literate and disturbing horror novel I have ever read. This is the place that nightmares are spawned--read it at your own peril, but read it you must!---

Imagine

-A powerful, thrilling novel that provokes the imagination and raises the blood pressure.- --The Orlando Sentinel

-Frightening...Scalpel-clean prose and wild inventiveness.- --Kirkus Reviews

-Powerful...original...Barker's horror is elegant enough that one can admire it as a kind of hellish choreography, with the characters all dancing to his phantasmagorical tune.- --New York Newsday

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