Maximillian Bacchus is the ringmaster, ruler, guide and owner of what he considers the greatest show in the world. Sprawling, ambitious, triumphantly magical and satisfying, *The Great and Secret Show * is what the rest of life is all about. In this, the First Book of the Art, Barker has created a masterpiece of the imagination that explores the uncharted territory within our secret lives and most private hearts. The Great and Secret Show has begun on the stage of the world. Young passion blossoms, as the world withers with war. A lake that has never existed falls from the clouds over Palomo Grove, CA.
To use it is the Art.Īrmageddon begins with a murder in the Dead Letter Office in Omaha. Memory, prophecy and fantasy the past, the future, and the dreaming moment between are all one country living one immortal day. "Succinctly put," says Barker, "it's about Hollywood, sex and Armageddon." In this unforgettable epic he wields the full power and sweep of his talents. Now, with The Great and Secret Show he rises to new heights. Clive Barker's bestseller Weaveworld astonished readers with his visionary range, establishing him as a master of fabulist literature.
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