The Thief of Always

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The Thief of Always is a dark fantasy novel by Clive Barker, often categorized as a modern fairy tale about a bored boy lured into a sinister magical house that offers endless fun at a terrible cost.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modern fairy tale ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationFormat limited comic series ⓘ
adaptationPublisher IDW Publishing ⓘ
author Clive Barker ⓘ
authorNationality British ⓘ
centralTheme childhood and growing up ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ
loss of time ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
the cost of wish fulfillment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtist Clive Barker ⓘ
genre children's literature ⓘ
dark fantasy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
horror ⓘ
hasAdaptation comic book adaptation ⓘ
hasAntagonist Holiday House itself ⓘ
Mr. Hood ⓘ
hasCharacter Lulu ⓘ
Mr. Hood ⓘ
Mrs. Griffin ⓘ
Rictus ⓘ
Wendell ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy Clive Barker ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Harvey Swick ⓘ
hasMoral beware of offers that seem too good to be true ⓘ
time is precious and cannot be reclaimed ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox around 225 pages ⓘ
hasStructure linear narrative ⓘ
hasTargetAgeRange approximately 9–12 years ⓘ
intendedAudience middle-grade readers ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeFocus a bored boy lured into a sinister magical house ⓘ
notableFor being described as a modern fairy tale ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfAuthorBibliography works of Clive Barker ⓘ
plotSummary Harvey Swick, a bored boy, is enticed to Holiday House, a magical place offering endless fun where each day contains all four seasons and multiple holidays, but he discovers a terrible hidden cost. ⓘ
publicationYear 1992 ⓘ
publisher HarperCollins ⓘ
HarperCollins Children's Books ⓘ
setting Holiday House ⓘ

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Clive Barker → notableWork → The Thief of Always ⓘ
Clive Barker → wrote → The Thief of Always ⓘ
Imajica → followedBy → The Thief of Always ⓘ