Cabal is a 1988 novella by British author Clive Barker. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) A novella is a written, Fictional Prose Narrative longer than a Novelette but shorter than a Novel. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist Like most of Barker's work it is a horror story. Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience It was originally published in book form as a collection, comprising the novella and several short stories; the book title was also Cabal.
Plot summary
It features a young man named Boone, who is suffering from an unspecified mental illness. Mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as Although this is not serious enough to institutionalize him, he is nonetheless seeing a psychiatrist named Decker. A psychiatrist (also archaically called an alienist) is a Physician who specializes in Psychiatry and is certified in treating Mental disorders
To his horror, Boone is informed by Decker during one session that he, Boone, is responsible for the brutal mutilation murders of eleven people that have terrorized the city recently. Boone is informed that he does not recall these horrors because his mind has blanked them out of his consciousness. Consciousness has been defined loosely as a constellation of attributes of Mind such as Subjectivity, Self-awareness, Sentience, and the Before he loses all hope, Boone begins to believe salvation may lie in a place called Midian, a semi-mythical city that offers sanctuary to monsters – both the human kind and otherwise. He hurriedly sets off to seek Midian without realizing the full truth of the insidious events that lead him to such a decision.
Trivia
- The book was adapted into the 1990 movie Nightbreed, directed by Barker himself and with Craig Sheffer starring as Boone and David Cronenberg as Decker. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Nightbreed is a 1990 Horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his Novella Cabal. Craig Eric Sheffer (born April 23, 1960) is an American film and television Actor. David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian Film director and occasional Actor.
- British extreme metal band Cradle of Filth's fourth studio album, Midian, is loosely based on the book. Extreme metal is an Umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined for a number of related heavy metal subgenres that have developed since the 1980s Midian is the fourth full-length Album by Cradle of Filth, released on Hallowe'en 2000