As the book develops and more characters are added, he discovers that the magically collected designs within the carpet is what is known as The Fugue: an ancient civilization and people who have lived since the beginning of existence but over time, after cohabiting with humanity, have lost numbers and suffered destruction. Gazing into its intricate patterns, he sees more at work here, and discovers paradise for the first time. The main character, Cal Mooney, is a person going nowhere fast in a dead-end job, until he comes into contact with this large rolled up carpet that is being moved from a house. Weaveworld is a book that will delight, appall, horrify, and leave you thinking about the meaning of place and belonging somewhere. Starting out seemingly normal with normal people, it immediately jumps to the mundane and insane. A relatively early book in Clive Barker’s career when he was still living in England, it is set within his hometown of Liverpool.
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