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Clive Barker
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Sacrament |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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447 |
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1996-07 |
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006017949X |
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Harpercollins |
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1.8 pounds |
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6.2 x 9.4 x 1.7 inches |
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First Edition |
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Amazon Review
A boy has an encounter with a man who causes extinctions of other species, and as a result grows up to be a man who documents (and thus appeals for a halt to) those extinctions. This dark fantasy tale is unlike most of Clive Barker's work, being more tightly plotted, and more of this world. In a sequence of well-executed stories within stories (comparable to Russian dolls), Barker unfolds a compelling examination of what it means to be human, to be a man and, more specifically, to be a gay man on a planet where ageing, disease and death bring "the passing of things, of days and beasts and men he'd loved." A satisfying long novel packed with vivid images, memorable characters and a melancholy mood that reaches for hope.
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