Ok, this is a Bad Moon Books publication so i'm going to start talking a little about how beautiful this edition is.It's a slim hardback book, with Clive's signature in the front and some gorgeous sketches and cover art by Richard A Kirk. It's just precious, y'know in a my precccccciousssss kind of way. The cover slip feels like a gorgeous twist on Tarot Cards which I love.
The book itself is a group of short stories about Maximillian Bacchus and his travelling circus. A strange group of delightfully odd characters travelling to Xanadu to perform for Kublai Khan.
They are gorgeous stories, written when Barker was in his teens and undeniably recognisable as the fore runners to his later fantasies. It's charming and magical, comparable to Abarat and Weaveworld rather than the Books of Blood or Damnation Game.
This is the sort of thing that would make a perfect gift for a Barker fan (like, say... me) or the ideal way to treat yourself.
Bad Moon are working with Horror Mall so you can buy all their books there too.
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If I could find an excuse to get a review copy... but at those prices? Nope. I guess I have found the limit of my fandom. I paid a hefty fee for the Scream Press edition of BoB, but now that it's signed and sketched in, I suspect that is still worth much.
That is too wicked! Would love to read his earlier ideas for his stories.
I keep saying, you have to print these off near your birthday and leave them lying about. They clearly aren't standard purchases but they are the perfect gifts for the bibliophile. :)
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