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The thief of always : a fable / Clive Barker.

LIBRA - Special PR6052.A6475 T48 1992b
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Barker, Clive, 1952-
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fantasy.
Genre:
Fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition:
Advance reading copy.
Place of Publication:
New York : HarperCollins, [1992]
Summary:
After a mysterious stranger promises to end his boredom with a trip to the magical Holiday House, ten-year-old Harvey learns that his fun has a high price.
Contents:
Harvey, half-devoured
Hidden way
Pleasure and the worm
Death between seasons
Prisoners
Seen and unseen
Present from the past
Hungry waters
What do you dream?
Falling from grace
Turnabout
What the flood gave up (and what it took)
Fourth part of darkness
Time was
New nightmares
Back to the happy land
Cook, cat and coffin
Bitter truth
Dust to dust
Thieves meet
Tricks and temptations
Appetite
War of seasons
Fledgling thief
Vortex
Living proof.
Notes:
"This is an advance reading copy from uncorrected proofs. These pages have been set for this edition only and do not reflect the type, design, or layout to be used in the final hardcover edition"-- Prelim.
OCLC:
900640403

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