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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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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