- Everville
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name = Everville
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author =Clive Barker
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country =United Kingdom
language = English
series =Book of the Art trilogy
genre =Fantasy novel
publisher =HarperCollins
release_date = 1994
media_type = Print (Hardback)
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isbn = ISBN 0-06-017798-5
preceded_by =The Great and Secret Show
followed_by = Sacrament"Everville" is a novel by British author
Clive Barker . It was released in1994 and is the second in the "Book of the Art", but it also can be read alone.The first part of
The Art Trilogy , "The Great and Secret Show ", was released in1989 ."Everville" tells the story of a small town of the same name, from its creation to transformation over the years. Several characters populate the book, some from our world and others from Quiddity, the vast universe / Afterlife / other place hinted at in the first book of the series. Noteworthy characters include detective
Harry D'Amour from previous Barker works (most notably his "Lord of Illusions" story) as well as a few from book one of the series.Among several new characters, mentioned in passing or detail, are the 'Shu (small,
squid -like beings who are "pieces of God"... or maybe not), Phoebe Cobb, a resident of the town who passionately loves Joe, a dark-skinned painter, and Seth, agay teenager who can hear angels knocking from the other side of Heaven.
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