"Clive Barker's career has been building up to The Great and Secret Show...A cross between Gravity's Rainbow and J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, allusive and mythic, complex and entertaining. Extravagantly metaphorical, wildly symbolic." — New York Times
"[A] dazzling metaphysical epic-adventure...an astonishing feat of imagination...Barker's best yet." — Kirkus Reviews
"[Clive Barker] is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the farthest reaches of the imagination...His ambition and audacity are unparalleled; we know that we are in the presence of a vision that is genuine, unique and lasting." — The Washington Times
"A cross between Gravity's Rainbow and J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, allusive and mythic, complex and entertaining. Extravagantly metaphorical, wildly symbolic." — New York Times
"A hefty and ambitious epic that emphasizes the ideas over gore with provocative and apocalyptic vision. [A] boundless and detailed imagination...dazzling skill." — Seattle Post Intelligencer
"A massive and brilliant Platonic dark fantasy that details an eruption of wonders and terrors--as the veil between the world of the senses and the world of the imagination is rent in a small California town." — Kirkus Reviews
"A powerful and fascinating write with a brilliant imagination." — J.G. Ballard
"Allusive and mythic, complex and entertaining." — The New York Times
"At his best, he is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the farthest reaches of the imagination. His Great and Secret Show is, in fact, the world inside our heads: the place of possibilities., some dark and dangerous, others bright and beautiful, and some of them liberating." — The Washington Times
"Barker has an unparalleled talent for envisioning other worlds." — Washington Post Book World
"Barker has constructed an entire new mythology here...and in the language of fear, he has no equals." — Time out (London)
"Barker's most ambitious work to date...Rapturously full of emotions." — L.A. Life
"Mesmerizing invention." — Publishers Weekly
"Mixing elements of horror, science fiction and surrealist literature, Barker's work reads like a cross between Stephen King and South American novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He creates a world where our biggest fears appear to be our own dreams." — The Boston Herald