Book Cover The Great and Secret Show

The Great and Secret Show

of Clive Barker (Goodreads Author)

Series: Book of the Art #1

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Description

Clive Barker's bestseller Weaveworld astonished readers with his visionary range, establishing him as a master of fabulist literature. Now, with The Great and Secret Show he rises to new heights. In this unforgettable epic he wields the full power and sweep of his talents. "Succinctly put," says Barker, "it's about Hollywood, sex and Armageddon." Memory, prophecy and fantasy; the past, the future, and the dreaming moment between are all one country living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art. Armageddon begins with a murder in the Dead Letter Office in Omaha. A lake that has never existed falls from the clouds over Palomo Grove, CA. Young passion blossoms, as the world withers with war. The Great and Secret Show has begun on the stage of the world. Soon the final curtain must fall. In this, the First Book of the Art, Barker has created a masterpiece of the imagination that explores the uncharted territory within our secret lives and most private hearts. Sprawling, ambitious, triumphantly magical and satisfying, The Great and Secret Show is what the rest of life is all about.

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Horror Horror Fantasy Fiction Dark Fantasy Science Fiction Thriller Supernatural Urban Fantasy Suspense Science Fiction Fantasy

Main Characters

Randolph Jaffe Richard Fletcher William Witt Howard (Howie) Katz

Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 658 pages
  • Publisher HarperPerennial
  • Publication Date November 3rd 1999
  • First Publication 08/07/89
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780060933166
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Horror & Paranormal
  • Scenario ['Omaha, Nebraska (United States)', 'Palomo Grove, California (United States)']

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