Author: Clive Barker
Publication date: 1985
Genre: Horror
& Fantasy
Plot
There are things worse than death. There are games so
seductively evil, so wondrously vile, no gambler can resist. Amid the
shadow-scarred rubble of World War II, Joseph Whitehead dared to challenge the
dark champion of life’s ultimate game. Now a millionaire, locked in a
terror-shrouded fortress of his own design, Joseph Whitehead has hell to pay.
And no soul is safe from this ravaging fear, the resurrected fury, the
unspeakable desire of...
Characters
Marty Strauss
Joseph Whitehead
Mamoulian
Overview
"I have seen the future of the horror genre, and his
name is Clive Barker," Stephen King has written. Fortunately, this first
novel (Barker has published short story collections) more than bears the weight
of King's praise. Barker is a better writer than King, and his characters are
just as interesting. Set in modern Britain, the story thrusts a flawed
"innocent"parolee Marty Straussinto an epic conflict between wealthy
Joseph Whitehead and Mamoulian the Cardplayer, a centuries-old creature with
whom Whitehead had struck a bargain to obtain his wealth and power. Whitehead
reneges, and the resulting struggle is played out primarily on his
fortress-like estate. Barker's excellent writing makes the graphic, grotesque
imagery endemic to current horror fiction very effective. Highly recommended anywhere
horror fiction is popular. A.J. Wright, Anesthesiology Dept., Univ. of Alabama
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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