6/5/2023 0 Comments The scarlet gospels![]() ![]() More than that, he gave us the iconic figures of Pinhead and his fellow Cenobites, monstrous perversions of flesh and philosophy who somehow embody everything about the rotten core of humanity, perfect mirrors of the zeitgeist into which these literary creations were birthed. ![]() ![]() Clive Barker’s The Scarlet Gospels is one such tome – Barker has done more to redefine the nature and parameters of what we’ve come to know as horror than probably any other writer from the late 20 th century. “As a standalone story it has merit certainly, and there are passages contained within that serve as a reminder of Barker’s greatness.”Įxpectations can be such dangerous beasts, especially so in the case of a new and much-anticipated book from a favourite author, and a much lauded writer at that. ![]()
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