The Great and Secret Show
The First Book of the Art
Readers rate it 3.7 (97 on Hardcover)
674 pages · Released Mar 17, 2009 · Harper Collins
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This is a dark, adult horror-fantasy epic by Clive Barker known for visceral, disturbing imagery and themes. The book contains graphic violence, body horror, sexual content, and deeply unsettling supernatural themes well beyond typical young adult fiction. It is intended for mature readers comfortable with horror's darkest conventions and is not appropriate for middle-grade or typical YA audiences.
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"Clive Barker's career has been building up to The Great and Secret Show. . . . 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 In the little town of Palomo Grove, two great armies are... "Clive Barker's career has been building up to The Great and Secret Show. . . . 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 In the little town of Palomo Grove, two great armies are amassing; forces shaped from the hearts and souls of America. In this New York Times bestseller, master storyteller Clive Barker unveils one of the most ambitious imaginative landscapes in modern visionary fiction and an intricately woven and meticulously constructed fantasy epic where past and future meet. The Art, the greatest power known to humankind, is the focus of struggle between the evil spirit, Jaff, and a force for light, Fletcher. Jaffe hopes to tap into The Art's power while Fletcher wants to prevent it from being tainted. The conflict between the two men spills into the real world in a decades-long feud, distorting reality and affecting the entire human race. Carrying its readers from the first stirring of consciousness to a vision of the end of the world, The Great and Secret Show is a breathtaking journey in the company of a master storyteller.
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- Fiction
- Novel
- audiobook
- Dark Fantasy
- Horror
- Carnivals
- Horror tales
- Fiction, horror
- Large type books
- Fiction, general
- Comics & graphic novels, horror
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ISBN 9780061760297 · Harper Collins