Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic
- ISBN-10
- 0002550415
- ISBN-13
- 9780002550413
- Series
- Clive Barker
- Pages
- 671
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Author
- Douglas E. Winter
Description
Barker: a contemporary myth-maker, explorer of our darkest instincts and ultimate fears - the writer who, more than any other contemporary figure, has shaped our nightmares through diverse media. Novelist, playwright, scriptwriter and director he is a master at twisting the mundane to make it fantastic and frightening.
In a detailed biography, enabled through unprecedented access to Barker and his closest friends and family, Douglas Winter reveals at last what haunts the man who haunts us all.
