Sacrament (novel)

This article is about the Clive Barker novel. For the Dave Eggers novel, see You Shall Know Our Velocity § Different editions.

Sacrament

First edition (UK)

Author| Clive Barker
Language| English
Genre| Fantasy novel
Publisher| HarperCollins

Publication date

| 1996
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print (Paperback)
ISBN| 0-00-648264-3
OCLC| 43220287

Sacrament is a 1996 novel by British author Clive Barker.[1] It follows a wildlife photographer who is obsessed with documenting species of animals that are faced with extinction. It is set in Yorkshire, England, San Francisco and Hudson Bay, Canada and explores how his obsession is connected to his upbringing in Yorkshire. The Author described it as "a story about how we become who we are and how we must deal with what we are by facing up to including the things that happened to us in childhood, good and bad. It's also about what's happening to our planet."[2]

## Reception

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Kirkus Reviews wrote: "By turns suspenseful, intellectually exciting, wildly melodramatic, turgid, and bombastic, Barker's novel is charged—in its complex development and surprising resolution—with very real, very human emotion."[3] Grant McKenzie of the Calgary Herald called the novel "heartwarming" yet "heartbreaking" and "uplifting as well as depressing."[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Sacrament". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
2. ^ "CONFESSIONS: Questions and Answers". Lost Souls. April 1996. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
3. ^ "SACRAMENT". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
4. ^ McKenzie, Grant (10 August 1996). "Clive Barker focuses on a haunted photograph". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 19 September 2024.

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Works by Clive Barker

Literature|

* The Damnation Game
* The Hellbound Heart
* Weaveworld
* Cabal
* Imajica
* The Thief of Always
* Sacrament
* Galilee
* Coldheart Canyon
* Mister B. Gone
* The Scarlet Gospels

Books of the Art|

* The Great and Secret Show
* Everville

The Books of Abarat|

* Abarat
* Days of Magic, Nights of War
* Absolute Midnight

Collections|

* Books of Blood (short stories)
* Clive Barker, Illustrator (art)
* The Painter, The Creature and The Father of Lies (essays)

Comic books|

* Razorline
* Ectokid
* Hokum & Hex
* Hyperkind
* Saint Sinner

Films, TV
and video games|

| Directed by Barker|

* Hellraiser
* Nightbreed
* Lord of Illusions

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Directed by others|

* Underworld
* Rawhead Rex
* Hellbound: Hellraiser II
* Candyman
* Quicksilver Highway
* A-Z of Horror
* Saint Sinner
* The Plague
* The Midnight Meat Train
* Book of Blood
* Dread
* Books of Blood

Masters of Horror|

* "Haeckel's Tale"
* "Valerie on the Stairs"

Video games|

* Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie
* Clive Barker's Undying
* Clive Barker's Jericho

Recurring characters|

* Cenobites
* Pinhead
* Kirsty Cotton
* Candyman
* Harry D'Amour

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