The Damnation Game by Clive Barker

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Book name:	The Damnation Game (2024)
Category:	Addiction
Author:	Clive Barker
Language:	English
Publication data:	Jan. 1, 1985, midnight

"The Damnation Game" by Clive Barker is a dark and twisted tale that follows the life of a professional thief named Marty Strauss, who is hired by a wealthy and mysterious man named Joseph Whitehead. As Marty delves deeper into his assignment, he becomes entangled in a deadly game of supernatural forces, where he must confront his own inner demons and face the consequences of his actions. With its haunting atmosphere and complex characters, this novel explores themes of desire, redemption, and the price one is willing to pay for ultimate power. The 1894th greatest book of all time

About the author

Clive Barker

6 books

Clive Barker was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Joan Rubie (née Revill), a painter and school welfare officer, and Leonard Barker, a personnel director for an industrial relations firm. Educated at Dovedale Primary School and Quarry Bank High School, he studied English and Philosophy at Liverpool University and his picture now hangs in the entrance hallway to the Philosophy Department. It was in Liverpool in 1975 that he met his first partner, John Gregson, with whom he lived until 1986… Read more