Book description
Clive Barker is widely acknowledged as the master of nerve-shattering
horror. The Hellbound Heart is one of his best, one of the most
dead-frightening stories you are likely to ever read, a story of the
human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within. It was also
the book behind the cult horror film, Hellraiser.
In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an
affair. Not your ordinary affair. For Frank it began with his own
insatiable sexual appetite, a mysterious lacquered box- and then an
unhinged voyage through a netherworld of imaginable pleasures and
unimaginable horror… Now Frank- or what is left of Frank -waits in an
empty room. All he wants is to live as he was before. All Julia can do
is bring him her unfulfilled passions…and a little flesh and blood…
Praise for Clive Barker:
'Passionate and ingenious… A ride with remarkable views'
Times Literary Supplement
'A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imagination… Clive
Barker is an outstanding storyteller'
J G Ballard
'Barker's fecundity of invention is beyond praise. In a world of
hard-bitten horror and originality, Clive Barker dislocates your mind'
Mail on Sunday
'Barker is much more than genre writer'
New York Times Book Review Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952.
His earlier books include The Books of Blood, Cabal, and The Hellbound
Heart. In addition to his work as a novelist and playwright, he also
illustrates, writes, directs and produces for stage and screen. His
films include Hellraiser, Hellbound, Nightbreed and Candyman. Clive
lives in Beverly Hills, California
