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Comprised of a novel and four long stories, this volume is classic Barker, full of lurid, bloody imagery and action involving large-than-life characters. It's great fun and provides plenty of thrills or giggles, depending on how seriously you take it. In the novel, Cabal , Boone, a recovering psychotic, is cleverly manipulated by his psychiatrist, Decker, into believing that he has committed several savage murders. Decker, of course, is the villain, but Boone does not catch on. Considering himself unfit for human society, Boone flees, eventually to come upon Midian, a large crypt inhabited by the Nightbreed, dead souls in shape-changing bodies, neither good nor evil, who turn Boone into one of their own. Of the shorter works, the best written is "The Life of Death," about a woman who becomes enthralled by death and is transformed into a kind of Typhoid Mary. Another, "The Last Illusion," which concerns the fate of a magician's corpse, is full of intriguing moments. First serial to Penthouse; Doubleday Book Club main selection; Literary Guild featured alternate.
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3.0�toiles sur 5 Good but not Great, Avril 28 2009

Par	Jamieson Villeneuve "Author at Large" (Ottawa Ontario Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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Monsters have always played a large part in our collective subconscious. They lurk in shadows, under beds, at the ends of dark alleys. Monsters are always with us, in one form or another. Clive Barker realizes this. Barker also realizes that sometimes, the monster we don't know is far more preferable than the ones we do.

Cabal is Barker's ode to the monster -- not as a fearsome predator that only lives to destroy, but as a misunderstood creature that is alternatively loathed and envied. We despise the monster because we wish to be one ourselves.

Boone is a young man who is teetering on the brink of insanity. While he has been getting treatment under the watchful guise of Dr. Decker, he is still unsure if he is well. When Decker proclaims Boone a subconscious serial killer, with eleven confirmed victims under his belt, Boone decides that his only option is to find Midian, the place where the monsters play. What Boone discovers is an underworld of loneliness and despair, as the monsters of the world attempt to live their lives in peace, uninterrupted by the insanity of humankind.

Barker presents the readers with individuals who truly live their lives on the edge, daring life, limb, and soul to satisfy their primal yearnings. In Boone, Barker has created another dissatisfied loner who craves acceptance, believing he cannot function in normal society. Barker understands the human heart, and isn't afraid to admit that not all desires are the same. Just because one person's desires may differ from anther's does not necessarily make that person wrong. It's all a matter of perspective.

Monsters are monsters, first and foremost. Barker is one of the strongest purveyors of the human condition. Cabal contains some truly stomach-turning scenes, which is to Barker's credit. While he sympathizes with the monster, he knows that it must be true to itself in order to be complete. Like humankind, a monster must accept what it is in order to survive. Barker does not shy away from the blood and gore that invariably follow such a creature.

Yet this book strikes me as being more like one of Stephen King's weaker novellas or a movie treatment than a Barker novel (it was made into the movie Nightbreed). Even Barker's shorter works are more suspenseful and interesting; this lacks the pizzazz that his other works show.

Part of what has always made Barker such an interesting writer is his mixing of the profane with the sacred, his ability to juxtapose the horrible with the holy. In his stories, men find redemption as monsters. What is lacking in this novel is the religious aspect that has been present in everything else. There is also no personal dilemma for the main characters. Man discovers he's a killer, runs, becomes a "human monster." That's pretty much it. Regrettably, there isn't much more to the story than that, even though we are forced to confront the one theme running through the work: Anyone can be a monster if they try hard enough.

The evil are rarely punished, and the innocent cannot be allowed to survive within Cabal. Most particularly, sometimes, love can cross the boundary between life and death. Cabal is possibly the closest Barker could ever get to writing a flat-out romance novel. Boone and his girlfriend Lori go through the pits of Hell to be with each other. The love thing really doesn't work with the plot, however. It's nice to see that he's able to observe the intimate human relationship, but I felt that too much time was spent on them being "lovey dovey" instead of "hey honey, can you help me get normal again?" The love thing took over too much of the plot. They basically travel the battlefield of the final confrontation between man and his demons with over-the-top dialogue and some observations about the human heart and how that affects our decisions.

I also found parts of the novel rather preachy. How much dribble can we actually take about "the human condition" and "the human heart" and "human desires" and "human society," etc., etc. There's only so much of one person's opinions/observations that I'm willing to accept. This novel is chock full of Barker's thoughts on society, people and passion. For the most part, I would have rather he kept his opinions to himself.

Despite these complaints, I do recommend the book. It's a short read, and Barker makes the point that in the end, it doesn't matter who the monsters are, what dreams we have, what wishes we have, what lives we live: we are all monsters. How we come to accept it is what makes us human.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 A Barker Classic, Avril 26 2004

Par	Red "Red Hybrid" (Wyoming) - Voir tous mes commentaires

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This is a great fantasy novel from Barker (It is NOT one of his horror stories). The book draws you in with the great character protrayals. The ending was a little weak and I felt like he left it open for a sequel, which hasn't appeared yet. But all-in-all, if you liked Weaveworld or Imajica, you will like Cabal also.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 Utterly Bad, Avril 11 2003

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Clive Barker is a terrible writer. For some unknown reason, I've read several of his books over the years, most likely because they're sold at the airport bookstore, and I need something new to read on a long flight. His books are uniformly badly written, with plots that go nowhere, and full of ridiculous metaphors (the sun rose like a stripper...) and bizarre sex (invariably, someone is aroused by killing someone/being killed/seeing a monster/being a monster/etc). I personally don't understand how his books even get published, let alone sell, and THEN also get turned into movies! How does this happen? Fight the insanity, and just say no to Clive Barker.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Great read
Good, violent, creepy stuff. Barker has done better, but not much. I enjoyed it alot.

Publi� le Mars 19 2003 par S. L. Shrewsbury

4.0�toiles sur 5 Another WOW from Clive Barker
Though it isn't as precise as say, The Inhuman Condition, nor as epic as say, Weaveworld, it is still a wonderful collection of stories to stir the imagination and haunt the... Read more

Publi� le D�c 6 2002 par Quentin Xavier

4.0�toiles sur 5 Loving the Hateful
Barker is strong with making hateful characters romantically appealing, and turning them aside from evil. Read more

Publi� le Nov. 22 2002 par Lloyd Ravlin III

3.0�toiles sur 5 Far from his best, but Barker always satisfies...
Cabal is one of Clive Barker's earlier books, and while It does not have the depth or captivating imagery of his previous book "The Damanation Game", it is still a fine... Read more

Publi� le Nov. 15 2002 par Wayne Yaskew

2.0�toiles sur 5 a dissapointment
and here's why:I've been a huge fan of his movies,starting with the hellraiser and finishing with lord of illusions,however the only book I've ever read of his was a thief of... Read more

Publi� le Avril 25 2002 par orange

3.0�toiles sur 5 Disappointing
I picked up this book expecting much better from Barker who, even with his less serious work is still a very effective writer. Unfortunately, this book was pure fluff. Read more

Publi� le Mai 17 2001 par Jonathan Schaper

5.0�toiles sur 5 Beautiful
Clive Barker is the greatest author in the Horror genre simply because of his technique. He weaves and creates a complete world for the reader to step into and experience the... Read more

Publi� le Mai 1 2001 par Teri Clarke

5.0�toiles sur 5 We are all monsters
Monsters have always played a large part in our collective subconscious. They lurk in shadows, under beds, at the ends of dark alleys. Read more

Publi� le Mars 19 2001 par Stone Junction

5.0�toiles sur 5 Sometime monsters have a human form...
This is the first C.Barker book I've read and it still hold a dear place in my heart. The author creates a dark world, where good and evil is slightly different. Read more

Publi� le F�v 3 2001 par werecat99

5.0�toiles sur 5 5 Stars isn't enough - it is a 10!
I had seen the movie first and then read the book. Of course the book was infinately better. This was the first book of Clive Barker's that I had ever read and it prompted me to... Read more

Publi� le Janv. 16 2001 par S. Bourget

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