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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100060933151

ISBN-139780060933159

eBay Product ID (ePID)16673

Product Key Features

Book TitleEverville

Number of Pages704 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHorror, Literary, Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Fantasy / Epic

Publication Year1999

GenreFiction

AuthorClive Barker

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight20.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"A spectacular sequel to his masterpiece of dark fantasy, The Great and Secret Show. For all his facility at apocalyptic wonders, Barker's greatest strength remains his grasp on the yearnings of the heart and spirit. At times profound, this novel confirms the author's position...as one of modern fictions premier metaphysicians." -- Publishers Weekly "Barker's most ambitious work to date...Rapturously full of emotions." -- L.A. Life "Our most accomplished contemporary purveyor of horror fiction strikes again in Everville, a tale of worlds in conflict in which...Hieronymus Bosch paints before and after pictures of our town...One spectacularly visionary climax after another...Exhilarating. [Barker's] extravagantly unconventional inventions are ingenious refractions of our common quest to experience and understand the mysterious world around us and the mysteries within ourselves." -- New York Times Book Review "Both camp fantasy and majestic invention...the characters really live, even when dead." -- Mail on Sunday "Confirms the author's position...as one of modern fiction's premier metaphysicians." -- Publishers Weekly "Mesmerizing invention." -- Publishers Weekly "Mr. Barker is much more than a genre writer, and his extravagantly unconventional inventions are ingenious refractions of our common quest to experience and understand the mysterious world around us and the mysteries within ourselves." -- The New York Times Book Review "Spellbinding." -- Atlanta Journal "With Everville Clive Barker once again proves he is one of the most imaginative writers working today." -- The Virginian Pilot and The Ledger State "[A] dazzling metaphysical epic-adventure...an astonishing feat of imagination...Barker's best yet." -- Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal823/.914

Synopsis"Our most accomplished contemporary purveyor of horror fiction strikes again in Everville , a tale of worlds in conflict. . . . [Barker's] extravagantly unconventional inventions are ingenious refractions of our common quest to experience and understand the mysterious world around us and the mysteries within ourselves." -- New York Times Book Review From master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author Clive Barker comes the spectacular sequel to his masterpiece of dark fantasy, The Great and Secret Show, that reveals once again the age-old battle between good and evil. On the borderland between this world and the world of Quiddity, the sea of our dreams, sits Everville. For years it has lived in ignorance of the gleaming shore on which it lies. But its ignorance is not bliss. Opening the door between worlds, Clive Barker delivers his characters into the heart of the human mystery; into a place of revelation, where the forces which have shaped our past--and are ready to destroy our future--are at work., "Our most accomplished contemporary purveyor of horror fiction strikes again in Everville, a tale of worlds in conflict. . . . [Barker's] extravagantly unconventional inventions are ingenious refractions of our common quest to experience and understand the mysterious world around us and the mysteries within ourselves." -- New York Times Book Review From master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author Clive Barker comes the spectacular sequel to his masterpiece of dark fantasy, The Great and Secret Show, that reveals once again the age-old battle between good and evil. On the borderland between this world and the world of Quiddity, the sea of our dreams, sits Everville. For years it has lived in ignorance of the gleaming shore on which it lies. But its ignorance is not bliss. Opening the door between worlds, Clive Barker delivers his characters into the heart of the human mystery; into a place of revelation, where the forces which have shaped our past--and are ready to destroy our future--are at work., On the borderland between this world and the world of Quiddity, the sea of our dreams, sits Everville.For years it has lived in ignorance of the gleaming shore on which it lies.But its ignorance is not bliss. Opening the door between worlds, Clive Barker delivers his characters into the heart of the human mystery; into a place of revelation, where the forces which have shaped our past--and are ready to destroy our future--are at work.