I'm finally about to reach the end of Clive Barker's Cabal. It's only taken 18 months or so. 8(And it'll be about the 2nd complete novel ive read over the last couple of years woo hoo (my benzo habit has taken its toll in that regard) (excluding audio books).
I've become more open minded about the mythical/phantastical elements of his writing and enjoying it much more for being willing to just 'go with it' and suspend disbelief. I've always enjoyed his vivid and cynical world weary style of portraying the real every day realities of locations, reflections on peoples characters and their thought processes, and great action sequences.
I'd forgotten how triple x rated his stuff could be, eg living dead zombies ejaculating pearls of semen into the face of the hermaphrodite Baphomet upon its' merest touch. (Some googled images are far more pornographic than others so that was easy to see why).I'm gonna have to wiki all these satanic deities if im gonna get the most out of these books, otherwise they will be just meaningless names. At least knowing who they and having mental pictures of them obviously enhances the enjoyment and appreciation of the books. Ive got about 10 of his books already, i gave up on most of them, but i think I'll start over with the others and give them another shot.