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    Galilee: A Novel of the Fantastic
    Galilee: A Novel of the Fantastic
    Galilee: A Novel of the Fantastic
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    Galilee: A Novel of the Fantastic

    Written by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Paul Hecht

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    A successful film maker, painter, playwright, and best-selling author, Clive Barker commands an astonishing range of creative talent. Drawing upon the literary genius that produced Sacrament, he returns to the realm of the supernatural with this intriguing saga of two families, one human and the other divine. One of America's wealthiest and most influential families since the Civil War, the Gearys harbor terrible secrets. The Barbarossa family's roots are far more ancient and ethereal, but they are bound to the Gearys by a shared history of murder, insanity, and adultery. When Rachel Geary and Galilee, the seductive prince of the Barbarossa clan, fall in love, they unleash powerful enmities that could destroy both dynasties. Shorter and more conventional than some of Barker's other work, this novel is especially rich with complex, passionate, three-dimensional characters, lush settings, and elegant language. Paul Hecht's powerful narration gives added depth to this dark, sumptuous novel.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 1, 2011
    ISBN9781461809302
    Author

    Clive Barker

    Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. His earlier books include ‘The Books of Blood’, ‘Cabal’, and ‘The Hellbound Heart’. In addition to his work as a novelist and playwright, he also iilustrates, writes, directs and produces for stage and screen. His films include ‘Hellraiser’, ‘Hellbound’, ‘Nightbreed’ and ‘Candyman’. Clive lives in Beverly Hills, California.

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    • 4/5
      I owned this book for years before I decided to read it. Maybe because I read Sacrament before hand. If you are a fan of Mr. Barker you automatically know things are not going to be as they seem. This book was amazing. Lot of beautiful contrast, broken hearts and thought put into the story. Expect no less from Barker but one of the few books in which he allows the reader to come back to a safe place.
    • 3/5
      The last time i.ve seen someone drop the ball this bad.... was a fumble on the goaline in the superbowl.....
    • 1/5
      I honestly struggled to finish this book. I started reading it in 2020 and then I abandoned it. Having finally read it, I can't really recommend it (it's very long-winded and there are a lot of really unlikable, horrible characters in this book).
    • 4/5
      This was an absolutely electrifying novel by Clive Barker-- as well as being my first. The characters are vivid and lucid in their tidings and the stark, wonderful prose weaves cloaks around its setting, theme, and plot. I was very impressed with this work and fully believe that Barker is an author worth exploring further.

      4 stars-- well worth it!
    • 4/5
      I owned this book for years before I decided to read it. Maybe because I read Sacrament before hand. If you are a fan of Mr. Barker you automatically know things are not going to be as they seem. This book was amazing. Lot of beautiful contrast, broken hearts and thought put into the story. Expect no less from Barker but one of the few books in which he allows the reader to come back to a safe place.
    • 2/5
      Galilee by Clive Barker was on the 75 Halloween thread, and, it takes the narrator 397 pages to say:"Ah well; this was never fated to be a book distinguished by its tidiness. I'm sure it's going to get a damn sight less orderly before we get to the final pages."Really? At nearly 600 pages, this "romance" from the writer of some well received horror fiction could have used an editor with a machete. There's a very basic storyline here that is amended, extended, qualified, and carried on so long that what should have been a fast neat Hatfield-McCoy family feud is so bloated that it seems interminable. For the interim, I'm back to a much shorter and cleaner Stephen King.
    • 2/5
      This book certainly started out with a good and interesting idea about a supernatural family tied to an immensely rich and powerful one, but it wasn't executed well. The characters were very one-dimensional, defined by two or three key traits rather than actual personalities. One of the main characters, Rachel Pallenberg, was especially flat: she had basically no personality, but just seemed to adjust to add the maximum drama to any situation and her romance with Galilee was completely fake, Galilee himself a whiny and self-important character at most points. The actual stories of the other characters in the book were quite interesting (most in the past) and the mysteries of Cesaria (I love the quill-pigs, by the way) and Nicodemus were always intriguing, but the "romance" lost its appeal with the mortals existing in the present. I really wish this book had focused more on Maddox, the writer of the book, and his siblings. It would have been a lot more interesting.
    • 2/5
      In Galilee, Clive Barker attempted to mix a passionate love story with an epic adventure and a dash of the supernatural. Unfortunately, his success was only minimal. The characters were flat and unable to entice much attachment from the reader. The love between Rachel and Galilee seemed forced-the effect of intense lust rather than passion and adoration. The epic story of the two families was interesting, though some loose threads were left in a faintly masked opening for a sequel. However, above all else, the supernatural dash was the most disappointing. Throughout the book, the writer claims that he wishes he could share knowledge with us so frightening, ground-shattering, and sky-collapsing that hearing just the most superficial details would drive us instantaneously mad. So he doesn't share any of it. Come on! Titillate my sanity just a little!