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Aug 18, 2020 · It is tragic but laugh-out-loud funny, irreverent yet respectful, hugely imaginative yet universal"--. In a tiny village in rural Iran, Zal's demented mother -- horrified by his pale skin and hair, the opposite of her own -- becomes convinced her baby is evil.
May 13, 2014 · In an Iranian village, Zal's demented mother, horrified by the pallor of his skin and hair, is convinced she has given birth to a "white demon." She hides him in a birdcage for the next decade. Rescued by a behavioral analyst, Zal awakens in New York to the possibility of a future.
Books of Blood Volume 6 is significant for its story "The Last Illusion" which introduced Barker's occult detective character Harry D'Amour. The detective went on to appear in more of Barker's writings, the Hellraiser comic book series from Boom!
May 13, 2014 · From the critically acclaimed author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects comes a bold fabulist novel about a feral boy coming of age in New York, based on a legend from the medieval Persian epic The Shahnameh, the Book of Kings.
The Last Illusion. A novel. Porochista Khakpour. Bloomsbury: 336 pp., $26. Porochista Khakpour forgoes easy nostalgia in her 9/11 novel 'The Last Illusion,' featuring an unlikely hero in New...
Dec 22, 2022 · His girlfriend, Asiya, crumbling under the weight of her supposed clairvoyance, sends Zal's life spiraling out of control. Like the rest of New York, he is on a collision course with tragedy. The Last Illusion is a wild, operatic, and startling homage to New York and its most harrowing catastrophe.
Nov 25, 2016 · The Last Illusion. Clive Barker. Fiddleblack Limited, Nov 25, 2016 - Fiction. Once a novella bundled in 'Books of Blood' and 'Cabal,' Clive Barker's 'The Last Illusion' appears as a...
