Mister B. Gone
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4.0 • 15 Ratings
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- £5.49
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
The long-awaited return of the great master of horror. Mister B. Gone is Barker's shockingly bone-chilling discovery of a never-before-published demonic ‘memoir’ penned in the year 1438, when it was printed – one copy only – and then buried until now by an assistant who worked for the inventor of the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg.
This bone-chilling novel, in which a medieval devil speaks directly to his reader—his tone murderous one moment, seductive the next—is a never-before-published memoir allegedly penned in the year 1438.
The demon has embedded himself in the very words of this tale of terror, turning the book itself into a dangerous object, laced with menace only too ready to break free and exert its power.
A brilliant and truly unsettling tour de force of the supernatural, Mister B. Gone escorts the reader on an intimate and revelatory journey to uncover the shocking truth of the battle between Good and Evil.
Reviews
Praise for Clive Barker:
‘An invocation of both magic and the imagination… A majestic maze of mythmaking’
WASHINGTON TIMES
‘Passionate and ingenious… A ride with remarkable views’
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
‘A fabulous, engrossing war of the worlds’
PEOPLE MAGAZINE
‘Barker’s fecundity of invention is beyond praise. In a world of hard-bitten horror and originality, Clive Barker dislocates your mind’
- Mail on Sunday
‘A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imagination… Clive Barker is an outstanding storyteller’
- J G Ballard
About the author
Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. He is the worldwide bestselling author of the Books of Blood, and numerous novels including Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, Sacrament and Galilee. In addition to his work as a novelist and short sotry writer le also illustrates, writes, directs and produces for the stage and screen.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This offbeat novel in the form of a minor demon's diary may satisfy devoted Barker fans eager for his return to adult fiction after several years writing the Abarat series, but others, especially first-time readers, are likely to find this fable about good and evil less than rewarding. Jakabok Botch, the child of two demons who has inherited his father's two tails, is rendered even more grotesque after he tumbles into a fire and most of his face is badly burned. A violent dispute with his abusive father, Pappy Gatmuss, leads to the pair being trapped by a net from our world. Jakabok manages to elude capture and eventually finds his way to the home of Johannes Gutenberg, whose wife turns out to be an angel in disguise. The book's format simultaneously Botch's first-person narrative and his break-the-fourth-wall address to the reader pleading for him or her to burn the book may puzzle readers unused to Barker's quirks.
Customer Reviews
Very good read
Not quite what I was expecting, the demon I found rather underwhelming but entertaining nonetheless and at a reasonable price (which is rare for an Ebook!)
Mister B Gone
I have been a fan of Clive Barker for many years however felt that with the release of Galiee he had lost his writing style and had now the writing style of Steven King. Mister B Gone reverts back to his original style of the books of blood etc and makes this book one of the best I have read in a long time. Enjoyed every page and would recommend this to anyone.
Mister B Gone
I've been a fan of Clive Barker since the late 80's when the Books of Blood, Damnation Game, and Weaveworld captured my imagination and introduced me to his fantastic stories and creations.
Mister B Gone doesn't disappoint in any of these. Written in the first person, it's set in the Middle Ages and tells the story of a demon named Jakabok Botch, and his adventures across Europe at a time of widespread religious intolerance and church domination.
For me this book is a return to the more (as Clive Barker would say himself) "fantastique" writings, rather than the slasher stories that he sometimes writes.
My verdict: Buy the book and you will enjoy the ride. Then you may choose to burn it (you will understand once you've read it)