''Sacrament'' is a 1996 novel by British author

Clive Barker Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the ''Books of Blood'', which established him as a leading h ...

. It follows a wildlife photographer who is obsessed with documenting species of animals that are faced with extinction. It is set in Yorkshire, England, San Francisco and Hudson Bay, Canada and explores how his obsession is connected to his upbringing in Yorkshire. The Author described it as "a story about how we become who we are and how we must deal with what we are by facing up to including the things that happened to us in childhood, good and bad. It's also about what's happening to our planet."

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1996 British novels 1996 fantasy novels Novels by Clive Barker Lambda Literary Award-winning works Novels set in Yorkshire Novels set in San Francisco Novels set in Canada Novels about photographers LGBT speculative fiction novels HarperCollins books {{1990s-LGBT-novel-stub