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Book Review of The Great and Secret Show (Book of The Art, Bk 1)

The Great and Secret Show (Book of The Art, Bk 1)
The Great and Secret Show (Book of The Art, Bk 1)
Author: Clive Barker
Genre: Horror
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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The Great and Secret Show, the first part of a trilogy, is an ambitious fantasy/horror fusion of dazzling scope which stands alone as a complete story. Nebraska postal clerk Randolph Jaffe works in the Dead Letter Room, opening and inspecting loads of undeliverable U.S. mail. Soon, through a series of cryptic dead letters, he taps into an ethereal network of mysterious revelations which provides access to enormous power channels. The customary battle of light forces versus dark forces commences, with greedy Jaffe heading the latter, and mad yet philanthropic scientist Richard Fletcher representing the former.