Galilee - Clive Barker

I would like to begin by saying that I consider Clive Barker to be a supurb and often misunderstood writer. To define him simply as a 'horror" writer is to miss the grandure, beauty and sheer power of his work. For ever horror or grotesque thing, there is equal and stunnig beauty to be found. His is a world of incomparable intensity, where everything is painted in rich colours. Over the years, Clive Barker has gradually inched his way further and further out of the horror niche and I think he is fast escaping from the bonds of genre. Those who have been following his work may well have noticed the changes. Galillee is a stunning piece of work, ...  Read the complete review

I apologise in advance if I fail utterly to convey accurately the nature and content of this wondrous novel. Not that this matters exactly, as my purpose here is simply to convince you to take the plunge and immerse in the product of what is a very, very active and delectable imagination. Firstly, Galilee is not about the sea of the same name. In this book, Galilee is the name of the lead character in what is ostensibly a saga about a rivalry between two families. Or so the blurb on the jacket would have you believe. But it isn't, it so isn't! Oh yes, it is about two families, but it's less about the power of individual characters set on ...  Read the complete review