Books Of Blood 6

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Volume Six of Clive Barker's seminal Books of Blood contains the stories: 'The Life of Death', 'How Spoilers Bleed', 'Twilight at the Towers', 'The Last Illusion', 'On Jerusalem Street'.

With the 1984 publication of Books of Blood, Clive Barker became an overnight literary sensation. He was hailed by Stephen King as "the future of horror", and won both the British and World Fantasy Awards. Now, with his numerous bestsellers, graphic novels, and hit movies like the Hellraiser, Clive Barker has become an industry unto himself. But it all started here, with this tour de force collection that rivals the dark masterpieces of Edgar Allan Poe. Read him and rediscover the true meaning of fear.

Praise for Books Of Blood 6

  • I literally could not read him alone. His stories are compulsively readable and original. He is an important, exciting and enormously talented writer - STEPHEN KING

  • Gushing gore and flying flesh ... read it with gloves on - Time Out

  • Clive Barker writes about horrors most of us would scarcely dare imagine - Ramsey Campbell

Clive Barker

Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. He is the author of Books of Blood (in six volumes), The Damnation Game, Weaveworld, Cabal, The Great and Secret Show, Imajica, Everville and Sacrament as well as writing, directing and producing for the screen - his films include Hellraiser and Nightbreed. He presently lives in Los Angeles.

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