- Hardcover: 582 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; First Edition edition (2 Nov 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002235609
- ISBN-13: 978-0002235600
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 5.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 848,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Over many years and many books, Clive Barker has earned a reputation as the thinking person's horror writer. His novels have mixed fantasy, psychology, and sheer creepiness in almost equal quantities, and while the gore quotient remains relatively low, the tension always runs high. In Galilee, however, Barker tones down the ghoulish in favour of the gothic. His novel (or as the author would have it, "romance") tells the tale of two warring families caught up in a disastrous web of corruption, illicit sexuality, and star-crossed love, with a soupçon of the supernatural thrown in as well. On one side are the wealthy Gearys--a fictional stand-in for the Kennedys--and on the other are the Barbarossas, a mysterious black clan that has been around since the time (quite literally) of Adam. Galilee chronicles the twisted course of this centuries-old family feud, which centres around the magical Barbarossa matriarch, Cesaria, and her son, Galilee. Indeed, it's the latter figure--one part Heathcliff to one part Christ--whose relationship with the Geary women sets a match to the entire powder keg of hostility and resentment. Mixing standard clichés of romance with his own peculiarly deep-fried version of the Southern gothic, Baker has come up with an intelligent and shamelessly amusing potboiler.
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Praise for Clive Barker:
‘An invocation of both magic and the imagination… A majestic maze of mythmaking’
WASHINGTON TIMES
‘Passionate and ingenious… A ride with remarkable views’
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
‘Barker dislocates your mind’
MAIL ON SUNDAY
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Clive Barker once again invites us into his world. A world where nothing is plain and everything has consequences deeper than is at first apparent. Like an onion skin, the pages peel back the plot revealling with each turn a new plot or connection,drawing you deeper into the timeless story of the war between the capitalist Gearys and the spiritual, godlike Barabus family and the Geary women trapped between them. The intrigues that go back over three centuries of both mortal and immortal life will keep you turning the pages and leave you aching for more of the same. I found myself resenting sleep each evening, until the book was finished and I was left to wait disconsolate for the next Clive Barker opus!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I liked this novel a great deal. It draws you in slowly but surely and then, before you know it Barker has his meat hooks in you again!! I would say that its not your typical Barker, If your looking for the Damnation game part2 then this book it is not. Galilee is in more the same vein as 'Weaveworld' but then thats a bad comparison because it really is out there on its own when compared to any other of Clives work. I liked the way the story is written (as always) clives creativity shines through and some paragraphs just glow with his style and panash.....okay okay! He is the master. Just buy the book will ya!!!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Sucks you in and doesn't let you go !
I'm responsible, I have a job, family, fiancee and a thousand commitments... all completely neglected and forgotten. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 1999
Magnificent Return of the Master Fabulist!
This novel sees Clive Barker doing what he does best: telling a well-plotted story with masterful verve. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 1999
compulsive and brilliant, among Barker's best
Barker has been described as a master of the fantastique. With this latest 580 page opus he re-confirms this claim to a title he richly deserves. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 1998
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