
Clive Barker - In The Flesh

Unabridged on 4 Tapes
64kbps mp3

Read by Dillinger Steele




Contains four short stories:

In The Flesh

The Forbidden   (The Forbidden provided the basis for the film Candyman)	

The Madonna			

Babel's Children 




From Library Journal
Four novellas by horror writer Barker make up this slim but worthwhile collection. In one, a prison inmate is haunted by the spirit of his grandfather; in another, a young woman studying graffiti in a seedy housing project encounters a local legend in the flesh. This British writer's plots are extremely inventive and creative; like Peter Straub, he produces intellectual horror stories that are truly frightening. Only the final story, in which an American tourist stumbles across a strange asylum, with world-shaking results, is weak in comparison to the compelling eeriness and atmosphere of the others, yet still clever. Horror fans unacquainted with Barker's work will enjoy a new author; established fans will be enthusiastic.


Detroit News
With elegant, terrifying strokes, Barker draws a universe of fear underlying the commonplace....Behind every mirror, under every carpet and in the heart of dirty streets is an elemental evil, a raw and hungry power....This is good, scary, stuff...The pacing is inexorable, the settings chilling, and the fates remorseless. In the Flesh makes you wonder what horror lies around the corner.


The Philadelphia Inquirer

Fiendishly good...unnerving, inspired...death, sex, fear, and self-knowledge come forth in many guises.


The New York Times Book Review

...plays upon our unconscious terrors...What a breath of fresh, if chilling, air.

