Mister B. Gone

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• Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker - Review by Waterstone's Books Quarterly Online

  Jakabok Botch, a medieval demon from the ninth circle of hell, lives in the pages of this story, damned there after uncovering a shocking truth about the fight between Good and Evil. Mister B tells his macabre and fantastic tale directly to the reade ... (read full critics)

  wbqonline published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

• Mister B Gone by Clive Barker

  There are two elements to this book. First, the story told by a demon who travels with a friend in the middle ages, finding a great invention and world-shattering truths. The second element is when I sat on my front room couch yesterday and read it a ... (read full critics)

  thebookbag published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  Mister B Gone

  Looking at my tags you'd probably be confused. History? Printing Technology? What Barker has always done best is take the macabre twist of his and wrap it around modern parables and musings on society. Set before and around the cradle of the printing industry, this book literally drips with spite at ... (continue)

  Looking at my tags you'd probably be confused. History? Printing Technology? What Barker has always done best is take the macabre twist of his and wrap it around modern parables and musings on society. Set before and around the cradle of the printing industry, this book literally drips with spite at times. Intelligently written from the view point of a demon, Jakabob Botch (who is trapped within the very text of the book), the novels pace is tempered by the demon talking directly at you around and between his "story". Thats not to say this is Barkers best, but its certainly inventive as any "secrets" within the book, and manages what most "horror" novels do not - its at times horrific, informative, historically accurate and genuinely quite chilling.

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  Kieran Delaney said on Feb 12, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  A standard novel from a un-standard author

  I adore reading Basrker's novels, and I always expect to be suprised by his creativity and ability to make up an entire world - cruel and facinating at the same tine - hidden in our common one. But this time the only thing that was particular was the "dialogue" between the devil Jacabok (in my count ... (continue)

  I adore reading Basrker's novels, and I always expect to be suprised by his creativity and ability to make up an entire world - cruel and facinating at the same tine - hidden in our common one. But this time the only thing that was particular was the "dialogue" between the devil Jacabok (in my country that's the name of a catholic printing company ... is it a coincidence ?) and the reader; but more that creating a connection with the story seems to break the rythm of the plot.
  All I can I say it that it was a nice reading, but just because it had barker's name on the front cover

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  Thirdangel said on Dec 9, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Others 240 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0007276281
• ISBN-13: 9780007276288
• Publisher: HarperVoyager
• Pub date: May 01, 2008
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español

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