The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

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Book name:	The Hellbound Heart (2024)
Category:	Desire
Author:	Clive Barker
Pages:	200 pages
Language:	English
Publication data:	Jan. 1, 1986, midnight

In this dark and chilling tale, a man named Frank Cotton seeks the ultimate in pleasure and pain by solving a mysterious puzzle box that opens a gateway to another dimension. This realm is inhabited by the Cenobites, sadomasochistic beings who offer an eternity of torment. After Frank's disappearance, his brother Rory and Rory's wife Julia move into the house where Frank vanished. Julia, who once had an affair with Frank, discovers his partially resurrected form and becomes entangled in a gruesome plan to restore him to full life by luring victims to the house. As the boundary between pleasure and pain blurs, the story explores themes of desire, obsession, and the consequences of seeking forbidden experiences. The 5139th 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