Mister B. Gone
Book 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…
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1 author picked Mister B. Gone as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Clive Barker’s 2007 novel is the sort of book that, as soon as you read the first page, you know you’ve found something special.
The narrator is a demon named Jakabok Botch who desperately wants you, the reader, to burn the book you’re reading. Throughout these pleas we learn about Jakabok’s history, beginning with his childhood in Hell, how he was pulled into the human world in the fourteenth century, and his many exploits since.
What really elevates this book from good to great is the first-person narrative. Barker does an exquisite job in giving a wholly original voice to…
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