“[Clive Barker] is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the farthest reaches of the imagination.... ” — Washington Post
“Barker has an unparalleled talent for envisioning other worlds.” — Maxine Hong Kingston, Washington Post Book World
“A writer of stunning imagination.” — Atlanta Journal & Constitution
“One of our most inventive and risk-taking writers.” — Kirkus Reviews
“...in the language of fear, he has no equals.” — Time Out (London)
“Barker possesses one of contemporary fictions’ wildest and finest imaginations.” — Kirkus
“Unfolds with genuine momentum, in the vigorous style of a fully engaged storyteller.” — Janet Maslin, New York Times
“Wickedly enjoyable... endlessly entertaining...a powerhouse of a novel... irresistible.” — USA Today
“Barker’s vision is impressively bizarre—think Anne Rice meets Jacqueline Susann.” — People
“When you’re in the mood for forgettable escapism, nobody does it better.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Riveting.” — The Baltimore Sun