![]() More than any other author of contemporary horror fiction, Barker has had a major impact on the direction of the genre. Primarily a playwright during this period, he also produced short fiction that he would eventually publish as part of his six-volume collection titled Books of Blood (1984-85). ![]() Born in Liverpool in 1952, Barker attended the University of Liverpool but moved to London in 1977, where he worked as a commercial artist and became involved with the avant-garde theatrical community. The result is a series of highly compressed, interrelated narratives that are memorable, disturbing, and impossible to set aside"-Jacket.Ĭritics of the horror story have frequently called Clive Barker the "British Stephen King". Golems, vengeful humans both living and dead, and assorted impossible creatures parade across these pages. Tom becomes the leader of the eponymous "parade," which ranges from the familiar precincts of North Dakota to the mythical city of Karantica. ![]() "Infernal Parade begins with the tale of a convicted criminal, Tom Requiem, who returns from the brink of death to restore both fear and a touch of awe to a complacent world. ![]()
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