An original Clive Barker book titled, "THE ADVENTURES OF MR. MAXMILLIAN BACCHUS AND HIS TRAVELING CIRCUS". Four interwoven stories penned by Clive 40 years ago that have never seen print in any form! Lavishly illustrated by the amazing Richard Kirk.
Introduction by Clive Barker. This fantastic tale will be a volume to cherish and read for Generations to come!
Maximillian Bacchus is the ringmaster, ruler, guide and owner of what he considers the greatest
show in the world. Traveling with a Crocodile named Malachi, a
trapeze girl named Ophelia, a strong man they call Hero, which is short
for Hieronymus; and a clown named Domingo de Ybarrondo, who paints in a wagon
pulled by a giant “Ibis bird,” the troupe wanders from adventure to
adventure with mythic aplomb.
From the first story,
in which Indigo Murphy, the best bird handler in
the world leaves the
show to join in matrimony with the Duke Lorenzo de Medici, to the fabled
court of Kubla Khan, the magic never stops. You will meet a young apple
thief named Angelo with magic eyes, and an orang-outang named
Bathsheba, and a host of other amazing characters with names and personas
cut like a patchwork quilt from the mythologies and dreams of the
world.
Though written forty
years ago, these pages are littered with the same
magical side steps that
have always been woven into Clive Barker’s
fiction. Worlds not
quite our own, and yet so real they ring with truth
and leave you wishing
you could step from your mundane life into that
other place – into
those caves of ice – if only long enough to catch
Maximillian’s show.
David Niall Wilson
Please use the drop down box below to choose between the (signed) trade hardcover edition or the signed limited edition hardcover of only 300 copies
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