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The Damnation Game is a horror novel by Clive Barker, published in 1985. Barker's first novel, it was written just after finishing the first trilogy of Books of Blood. Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the reader. ...
A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ...
Clive Barker (born October 5, 1952) is an English author, film director and visual artist. ...
Books of Blood are a series of horror fiction collections written by the British author Clive Barker. ...
The Damnation Game is a Faustian story of selling souls to evil in return for great wealth and immortality. It touches on transgressive topics such as incest, cannibalism, and self-mutilation in a frank and detailed manner. Faust depicted in an etching by Rembrandt van Rijn (circa 1650) Faust or Faustus (the Latin for auspicious or lucky) is the protagonist of a popular German legend in which a mediæval scholar makes a pact with the Devil. ...
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Plot summary
Marty Strauss, a Londoner ex-boxer, has always believed that his life was ruled by Fortune (or Unfortune). He is addicted to gambling, and is forced to join a bank robbery attempt to repay a huge gambling debt. When the robbery fails, Strauss is arrested and sentenced to jail. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo DomÃnguez (left, throwing a left uppercut) versus Rafael Ortiz Boxing, also referred to as prizefighting, the noble art, the sweet science, and pugilism is a combat sport in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of...
The term gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ...
After long, painful years in Wandworth Jail, he is visited by Bill Toy, who says he is the special bodyguard of Joseph Whitehead, one of the wealthiest men of Europe. Saying that Whitehead is looking for a boxer who is addicted to gambling, Toy offers to get Strauss out of jail as long as he accepts a bodyguard position. Strauss accepts because it is the only way to finish his agony in jail. But he is unaware of what waits for him....
External links - Revelations - The Official Clive Barker Resource Constantly updated news on upcoming projects and a fascinating archive of comment from Barker and others.
- Cassiel's Gallery: The Damnation Game
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