{"product_id":"clive-barkers-books-of-blood-13-isbn-9780425165584","title":"Clive Barker's Books of Blood 1-3","description":"\u003cb\u003eRediscover the true meaning of fear in this collection of horror stories from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Clive Barker—now with a new Afterword by Grady Hendrix!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The most provocative tales of terror ever published.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the publication of \u003ci\u003eBooks of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, Clive Barker became an overnight literary sensation. His tour de force collection of brilliantly disturbing tales demonstrated a genius for dark invention that rivaled Poe and Sade. He was hailed by Stephen King as “the future of horror,” and won both the British and World Fantasy Awards. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, with his numerous bestsellers, graphic novels, and hit movies like the \u003ci\u003eHellraiser \u003c\/i\u003efilms, Clive Barker has become an industry unto himself. It is his powerful writing style and arresting imagery that have made \u003ci\u003eBooks of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e a classic—and Clive Barker a cult phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY GRADY HENDRIX, WITH ADDITIONAL PRAISE FROM THE HORROR WRITING COMMUNITY, INCLUDING VICTOR LAVALLE, MICK GARRIS, ERIC LAROCCA, ALMA KATSU, SARAH LANGAN, PAUL TREMBLAY, JOHN LANGAN, CYNTHIA PELAYO, AND HAILEY PIPER.\u003cb\u003ePraise for Clive Barker's Books of Blood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Our most accomplished purveyor of horror fiction.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“He scares even me...What Barker does in the \u003ci\u003eBooks of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e makes the rest of us look like we've been asleep for the last ten years. Some of the stories were so creepily awful that I literally could not read them alone; others go up and over the edge and into gruesome territory...He's an original.”—Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Barker's dark, powerful imagination—and his skill in pacing to keep stories surprising—make the horror grisly and effective.”—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Barker's eye is unblinking; he drags out our terrors from the shadows and forces us to look upon them and despair or laugh with relief.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Mixing elements of horror, science fiction and surrealist literature, Barker's work reads like a cross between Stephen King and South American novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez.  He creates a world where our biggest fears appear to be our own dreams.”—\u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Clive Barker assaults our senses and our psyche, seeking not so much to tingle our spine as to snap it altogether.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003eBorn in Liverpool in 1952, Clive Barker has written and produced a number of plays, including \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein in Love, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich are as diverse in style and subject as the fiction he has written since. His volumes of short fiction, \u003ci\u003eBooks of Blood, \u003c\/i\u003eearned him immediate praise from horror fans and literary critics alike. He won both the British and World Fantasy awards, and was nominated for the coveted Booker Prize, Britain’s highest literary award. His bestselling novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Damnation Game, Imajica, Coldheart Canyon, The Thief of Always, The Great and Secret Show, Everville, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eAbarat\u003c\/i\u003e series, and \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Gospels. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the creator of the now-classic Hellraiser films as well as \u003ci\u003eNightbreed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLord of Illusions.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303275876581,"sku":"NP9780425165584","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425165584.jpg?v=1767723833","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/clive-barkers-books-of-blood-13-isbn-9780425165584","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}