BOOKS OF BLOOD: VOLUMES ONE TO THREE (Clive Barker) - July 19/08

This extremely spotty collection of stories - that last one, with the statue double, was pretty much interminable - does contain its bright spots, with Midnight Meat Train and Rawhead Rex clearly the highlights. Barker's obsession with religion and the church does grow tiresome, though there's no denying that he's an extremely talented writer. *** out of ****