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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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