Galilee by Clive Barker (1999, Mass Market)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100061092002

ISBN-139780061092008

eBay Product ID (ePID)351657

Product Key Features

Book TitleGalilee

Number of Pages656 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicOccult & Supernatural, Horror, General, Gothic, Science Fiction / General

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorClive Barker

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight11.4 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"A spellbinding treat. . . . Galilee leaps through time and space to reveal an impressively majestic vision told in beautiful prose." -- People "John O'Hara, William Faulkner, and Barbara Cartland might have spent a lost weekend collaborating on this feverish tale. . . the kind of books for which hammocks were invented." -- Kirkus Reviews "The most ambitious dark fantasist of our time delivers. . . his most elegant novel yet...abundant inspiration and invention. . . a new richness of character." -- Publishers Weekly

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal823.9/14

Synopsis"A spellbinding treat. . . . Galilee leaps through time and space to reveal an impressively majestic vision told in beautiful prose." -- People A classic early work from master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author Clive Barker Rich and powerful, the Geary dynasty has reigned over American society for decades. But it is a family with dark, terrible secrets. For the Gearys are a family at war. Their adversaries are the Barbarossas, a clan whose timeless origins lie in myth, whose mystical influence is felt in intense, sensual exchanges of flesh and soul. Now their battle is about to escalate. When Galilee, prodigal prince of the Barbarossa clan, meets Rachel, the young bride of the Gearys' own scion Mitchell, they fall in love, consumed by a passion that unleashes long-simmering hatred. Old insanities arise, old adulteries are uncovered, and a seemingly invincible family will begin to wither, exposing its unholy roots. . . ., "A spellbinding treat. . . . Galilee leaps through time and space to reveal an impressively majestic vision told in beautiful prose." --People A classic early work from master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author Clive Barker Rich and powerful, the Geary dynasty has reigned over American society for decades. But it is a family with dark, terrible secrets. For the Gearys are a family at war. Their adversaries are the Barbarossas, a clan whose timeless origins lie in myth, whose mystical influence is felt in intense, sensual exchanges of flesh and soul. Now their battle is about to escalate. When Galilee, prodigal prince of the Barbarossa clan, meets Rachel, the young bride of the Gearys' own scion Mitchell, they fall in love, consumed by a passion that unleashes long-simmering hatred. Old insanities arise, old adulteries are uncovered, and a seemingly invincible family will begin to wither, exposing its unholy roots. . . ., Rich and powerful, the Geary dynasty has reigned over American society for decades. But it is a family with dark, terrible secrets. For the Gearys are a family at war. And their adversaries are the Barbarossas, a clan whose timeless origins lie in myth, whose mystical influence is felt in the intense, sensual exchanges of flesh and soul. Now, their battle is about to escalate... When Galilee, prodigal prince of the Barbarossa clan, meets Rachel, young bride of the Gearys' own scion Mitchell, they fall in love, consumed by a passion that unleashes long-simmering hatreds. Old insanities arise, old adulteries are uncovered, and a seemingly invincible family will begin to wither, exposing its unholy roots...