“Wherever I go, I will speak of you with love.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. I love it so fucking much! If you haven’t read it yet. The Thief of Always is for the young & the young at heart. I found myself clutching it to my chest as tears flowed down my face once it was over. This book will stay with me for as long as I have time on this earth. Treasure the time you have now, because time is short. There is so much beauty within the pages (not just the poetic words, but also Barker’s GLORIOUS artwork!) The underlying theme throughout of time is something that will resonate with many of us. The Thief of Always is an absolutely stunning, imaginative, sentimental, gut-punchy read. The way he is able to weave horror with fantasy inside a children’s tale is magical. I’m so glad that it did!Ĭlive Barker is insane. it just needed to find me at the right time. He’s still Clive Fucking Barker!īeing a big fan of Barker’s, this is one I’ve been meaning to read for ages. He doesn’t treat the readers as delicate little flowers. but Barker doesn’t dumb down the story for his audience at all. That is one of the most beautiful things about this book. There was a similar haunting, tense vibe that was building throughout the narration. In some ways, this reminded me of NOS4A2 with a mix of Coraline. What is reality & what is just an illusion. needless to say, Henry enjoys himself at first, but then shit quickly gets really REAL. Seems legit when a strange man enters your bedroom to take you away to somewhere enchanting, yeah? A place where it is always fun a place where whatever you wish will come true – The Holiday House. The kid is constantly wishing his life away & is ready for an adventure! An adventure indeed awaits him when a man named Rictus flies through his bedroom window & tells him about a magical place where boredom cannot enter. It’s February, Christmas has come & gone but it’s not quite Summer & Henry is BORED AS FUCK with life. The Thief of Always is about Henry Swick, a 10-year-old boy who HATES to be bored. “ The great gray beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive.” The Thief of Always tells the haunting story of Harvey, a bright 10-year-old who is suffering from the winter doldrums, and of a creature who takes him to a place where every day is filled with fun, and Christmas comes every night. Synopsis: Master storyteller and bestselling novelist Clive Barker creates an enchanting tale for both children and adults to cherish and retell.

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