In the Flesh
by:
Clive Barker (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780671626877 (0671626876)
Publish date: December 1987
Publisher: New York: Poseidon Press
Pages no: 221
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Literature,
American,
Anthologies,
Collections,
Thriller,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Suspense,
Supernatural
Series: Books of Blood (#5)
This has been my first Clive Barker read, and I was very pleasantly surprised by it. From what I had heard of Barker before, I had assumed his work was in the gory blood porn genre. As such I was never very interested in trying out any of his work, since the more trashy kind of cheap thrills Stephen...
This book is a collection of 4 novelettes from "The New Master of Horror." (not so new anymore!)The title piece, "In the Flesh" deals with a petty criminal trapped in a jail cell with a first-time offender who's messing with more than he bargained for in the spirit of his executed murderer grandfath...
This was the American edition of the last tales of the Book of Blood. Barker managed to keep the quality high right to the end. After this, he concentrated on novels until he gravitated from horror to fantasy. I prefer these early works to anything later. There is a deep dark and very visceral feel ...
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