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The Damnation Game (Paperback)

by Clive Barker (Author)
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  • Paperback: 532 pages
  • Publisher: Sphere; New edition edition (1 Jan 1988)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751505951
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751505955
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 97,837 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Chance had ruled Marty Strauss' life for as long as he could remember. Now at last luck was turning his way. Parolled from prison, he becomes bodyguard to Joseph Whitehead, one of the richest men in Europe. But Whitehead has also played with chance - an ancient game which gave him vast power and wealth, in exchange for his immortal soul. Now the forces he played against are back to claim what's theirs. Terryifying forces, with the power to raise the dead; and Marty is trapped between his human masters and Hell itself, with just one last, desperate game left to play.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Place your bets…, 30 Jan 2006
By dogbarkssome (England) - See all my reviews
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Clive Barker’s debut full length novel tells the story of a prison inmate paroled to act as a bodyguard to a millionaire who entered into a Faustian pact in his youth, and now finds himself under attack from demonic forces. Following on from his brilliant Books of Blood short stories Barker doesn’t quite master the transition to novelist with this first attempt, as while the novel boasts a fantastic climax it also contains a great deal of meandering build-up during the earlier stages. The theme of the addiction of gambling is interesting, though the relationship between millionaire Joseph Whitehead and his nemesis Mamoulian is too often vague and unclear, with both characters motivations seemingly wavering throughout the book. At it’s best The Damnation Game provides some exotic horrors and fantastic weirdness, with oddly it’s most successful character being a Frankenstein’s monster-like creature who, despite being a child killing zombie, manages to elicit the readers sympathy just by his dogged refusal to die. Perhaps inevitably as a first novel The Damnation Game is a little uneven, but this is still a very impressive debut.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gore galore for first novel proper, 13 Dec 1998
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After the success of the Books of Blood,a collection of short stories,The Damnation Game was Clive Barker's first full novel. The story centres on a convict who is given the chance to an early release providing he works for a multi millionaire business tycoon as his personal bodyguard.Though the job seems straight-forward enough,things get more and more terrifying as time goes on,leading the main characters through a paranoid game of cat and mouse and entrails! Readers of Barker's later work will find this book a shock to the system-there's little sublety and though Barker deals with love,sex,death and fantasy in this book,it is with a full in-your-face style. A great read for any-one who enjoys clever,well written horror,but be warned,this book contains some of the most gruesome imagery and characters ever put down on paper.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An engaging, is slightly slow-moving read, 18 Mar 2000
By nicholas.hamshaw@virgin.net (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) - See all my reviews
The book was gripping in its own way, but I occasionally found myself wanting a little more momentum.

Having said that, there is certainly some very vivid imagery, and the plot struck me as being fairly original.

I think that this doesn't compare to the quality of, say, Imajica, though it is still an excellent read in its own right!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good start, then tedious!
The first half of this novel was actually quite gripping, however, this soon turned into a confused storyline with vague relationships which didn't really hit the spot. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic
Fifth Barker novel I read, so you can tell I am a fan of his work! BUT - The Damnation Game...well, its a tricky one. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2004 by drummermcd

4.0 out of 5 stars the first chapter is great rest of its drab
The first part if the book which fills approximately 21 pages of pure stomach churning fiction and suspense made me read the book beggining end on end, but the book veers off line... Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars A good read.
I found this book at times excellent but overall somewhat dissapointing. Barker has the ability to create such original horror scenarios that are truly gut wrenching but I feel... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 1999 by Mr. D. A. Tine

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