The Damnation Game

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Hardcover, 368 pages

English language

Published Dec. 7, 1985 by Putnams.

OCLC Number:
17336393

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5 stars (1 review)

'It was an odd disease. Its symptoms were like infatuation–palpitations, sleeplessness. Its only certain cure, death...'

Chance had ruled Marty Strauss' life for as long as he could remember. Now at last luck was turning his way.

Parolled from prison, he becomes bodyguard to Joseph Whitehead, one of the richest men in Europe. But Whitehead has also played with chance – an ancient game which gave him vast power and wealth, in exchange for his immortal soul. Now the forces he played against are back to claim what's theirs. Terrifying forces, with the power to raise the dead; and Marty is trapped between his human masters and Hell itself, with just one last, desperate game left to play...

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reviewed The Damnation Game by Clive Barker

Creepy, just what I like

5 stars

This was my first Clive Barker book I’ve read so I was so excited to finally read one of his books. His writing is so erotic to me and I was fascinated to see where this book took me because of that. I was invited to a world of hell and I envisioned it throughout the book. There’s layers of character development that I appreciated in this horror book. I would recommend this book to anyone in the LGBTQ+ community who loves horror movies.