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by Sartori - written on 16/06/01 (Useful, 48 readings)
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Clive Barker does it again in this superb sequel to the equally fantastic Great and Secret Show. This time the strory is set around the city of Everville where a series of bizarre and interesting characters continue a quest for the art (the greatest power known to mankind) and the dream-seas of Quiddity a mystical place that a person visits three times in their life, once when they are born, once when they fall in love and once when they die. The plot is unbelievable making you wonder where the hell Barker gets these mind bending ideas from. There is a wide variety of excellent characters ranging from the bizzare to the sick and twisted. A favourite of ...
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