Coldheart Canyon: A Hollywood Ghost Story
by:
Clive Barker (author)
Film's most popular action hero needs a place to heal after his surgery has gone terribly wrong. His fiercely loyal agent finds him just such a place in a luxurious forgotten mansion high in the Hollywood Hills. But the original owner of the mansion was a beautiful woman devoted to pleasure at...
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Film's most popular action hero needs a place to heal after his surgery has gone terribly wrong. His fiercely loyal agent finds him just such a place in a luxurious forgotten mansion high in the Hollywood Hills. But the original owner of the mansion was a beautiful woman devoted to pleasure at any cost, and the terrible legacy of her deeds has not yet died. There are ghosts and monsters haunting Coldheart Canyon, where nothing is forbidden . . . Clive Barker's Coldheart Canyon showcases the boldly innovative New York Times bestselling master at the very top of his formidable and frightening skills. Clive Barker is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty books for adults and children. He is also a widely acclaimed artist, film producer, screenwriter, and director. He lives in Beverly Hills, California.
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Format: paperback
ASIN: B0058M6U6I
Publish date: 2009-10-27
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 704
Edition language: English
I have to say this book highly surprised me! When I saw this in the library I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was. After being so heart trodden with the scarlet gospels, This was amazing! The story started in Romania in the 1920s when a famous film starlot Katya Lupi returns to visit to her ...
It's not often that I get REALLY excited about a book release, but I remember eagerly awaiting publication day for Coldheart Canyon, and running off to Waterstones in Yeovil (where I was living at the time) to pick up a hardback copy of this book. Definitely one of my favourites. Dark and twisted ...
Warning: If you have ever lost a pet, especially a dog, you are going to cry for the first 50 pages of the book. I have always like Barker because he writes good female characters, but every character in this book I wanted to smack. I only felt sorry for the main character when his dog died.