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Cabal - Clive Barker
Cabal
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For more than two decades, Clive Barker has twisted the worlds of horrific and surrealistic fiction into a terrifying, transcendent genre all his own. With skillful prose, he enthralls even as he horrifies; with uncanny insight, he disturbs as profoundly as he reveals. Evoking revulsion and... show more
For more than two decades, Clive Barker has twisted the worlds of horrific and surrealistic fiction into a terrifying, transcendent genre all his own. With skillful prose, he enthralls even as he horrifies; with uncanny insight, he disturbs as profoundly as he reveals. Evoking revulsion and admiration, anticipation and dread, Barker's works explore the darkest contradictions of the human condition: our fear of life and our dreams of death.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780743417327 (0743417321)
ASIN: 743417321
Publisher: Gallery Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
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Lora Hates Spam
Lora Hates Spam rated it
4.5 Cabal
by Clive Barker This story was the basis for the movie, Nightbreed, which I've seen many times. Normally I don't like serial killer stories, but the emphasis that interested me is the 'monsters' of Midian. The story started out with the same premise as the movie; Boone is seeing a psychiatrist w...
Cody's Bookshelf
Cody's Bookshelf rated it
4.0 CABAL Review
The basis for the horror film Nightbreed, Clive Barker's short 1988 novel Cabal is typically Barkian in all the best ways. Off the page drips this author's trademark transcendent prose; poetic and striking and maddeningly puzzling, line for line Barker is one of the most talented writers in the busi...
Saph1re's Synopsis
Saph1re's Synopsis rated it
3.0 Book Review - Cabal
This was an okay read, but not one of my favourites.
A Spoopy Love Affair With Books
A Spoopy Love Affair With Books rated it
5.0 Review: Cabal
So much of this book is said in subtext, in the language that the characters speak secretly of themselves and others, that I see a lot of readers having completely missed the point or not even willing to formulate an opinion to take a stab at answering the questions they say the story raised for the...
zorahidaperez
zorahidaperez rated it
3.0 Cabal
Not bad... Confusing sometimes...
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