The Thief of Always

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The Thief of Always is a novel by Clive Barker that was published in 1992. It is a fable written for children, but it has enough layers of meanings to also be enjoyed by adults. The book contains many color paintings by the author, and the cover is also illustrated by him.

Citation: Barker, Clive (unk). The Thief of Always (2002 hardcover ed.) HarperTrophy. ISBN 0-613-94064-4.

The novel has been serialized as a graphic novel under the name Clive Barker's The Thief of Always, published by IDW Publishing.

A live action adaptation of the novel was negotiated between Seraphim Films and 20th Century Fox on or before August 4, 2004.

Reference: What's New with Clive? Retrieved 2005-03-03.

It tells the story of a young boy named Harvey Swick, who is bored out of his mind in the dreary grey month of February and is swept away to the magical Holiday House by a strange, goblin-like man named Rictus. Here is where all his dreams can come true; and all his nightmares can haunt him.

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Novels, novellas, and Short story collections
v • d • e The Works of Clive Barker
Stand-alone: The Damnation Game \| The Hellbound Heart \| Weaveworld \| Imajica \| Books of Blood \| The Thief of Always \| Sacrament \| Galilee \| Coldheart Canyon
Books of the Art: The Great and Secret Show \| Everville
The Abarat Quintet: Abarat \| Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
Short story collections: Books of Blood \| Cabal \| In the Flesh \| The Inhuman Condition \| The Scarlet Gospels
Films
Directed by Clive Barker: Salome \| The Forbidden \| Hellraiser \| Nightbreed \| Lord of Illusions \| Tortured Souls: Animae Damnatae
Directed by others: Rawhead Rex \| Underworld \| Candyman \| Quicksilver Highway \| Saint Sinner
Other
Art collections: Clive Barker, Illustrator \| Illustrator II: The Art of Clive Barker \| Clive Barker Visions of Heaven and Hell
Plays: Incarnations: Three Plays \| Forms of Heaven: Three Plays
Video games: Clive Barker's Undying \| Demonik \| Clive Barker's Jericho
Recurring characters
Cenobites \| Pinhead \| Harry D'Amour