Mister B. Gone

by Clive Barker

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In a macabre "memoir" lost for six hundred years, Jakabok--or Mr. B.--a minion of hell, describes the dark events that had shaped his youth, his rise to "major" demon status, and his nefarious plans to bring darkness and despair to unwitting humans everywhere.

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The first 50 pages are the "trapped demon" just telling you to burn the book, as if having a conversation. When it stops "talking" to you, and actually tells a story, it's good but the banter in between actual story telling is annoying and pointless.

The book itself is beautiful, with "aged" pages and block type print. Too bad more work went into presentation than the content. (

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brittaniethekid | Jul 7, 2022 |

Blow me Grandma! (

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Gumbywan | Jun 24, 2022 |

Hryllingssagnameistarinn Clive Barker segir hér frá smádjöflinum sem hefur verið bundinn í bók. Hann þrábiður lesandann að brenna bókina og beitir til þess fortölum, hótunum og gylliboðum en um leið fæst hann til þess að segja frá lífi sínu í 9. helvíti og á jörðu í von um að lesandinn muni að lokum kveikja í skrattans bókinni og leysa hann þannig úr fangelsi sínu.
Þokkalega skrifuð en heillaði mig ekki. (

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SkuliSael | Apr 28, 2022 |

How do I say this? If you are a bookworm, a bibliophile or a writer or daydreamer, reading this book will give you a new appreciation of the power of words and just how influential the words on paper can be. This is a funny book and I would be fascinated to hear an audible version of this book. If you’ve never read a book that breaks the fourth wall, it might be uncomfortable for you, but lovers of horror will be charmed by the detailed descriptions of grotesquery. Clive Barker once again gives a pleasantly disturbing view of demons and makes them in some ways someone you can root for in the end. Favorite quote, “To say you are excrement would be an insult to the product of my bowels.” Lolz (

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Ladymoiraina2829 | May 22, 2021 |

Ok but I honestly wasn't that impressed with this one. He's definitely done better in my opinion (

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Damiella | Aug 18, 2020 |

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Mister B. Gone

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The Ninth Circle, Hell

Joshua's Field

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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invention of the printing press (1440)

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Dedication

For Emilian David Armstrong, With my love and thanks to Pamela Robinson

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BURN THIS BOOK.

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

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English

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In a macabre "memoir" lost for six hundred years, Jakabok--or Mr. B.--a minion of hell, describes the dark events that had shaped his youth, his rise to "major" demon status, and his nefarious plans to bring darkness and despair to unwitting humans everywhere.

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You hold in your hands not a book at all, but a terrifying embodiment of purest evil. Can you feel the electric tingle in your fingers as you are absorbed by the demon Jakabok's tale of his unintentional ascent from the depths of the Inferno? Do you sense the cold dread worming its way into your bloodstream, your sinews, the marrow of your bones as you read more deeply into his earthly education and unspeakable acts? The filth you now grasp has been waiting patiently for you for nearly six hundred years. And now, before you are completely in its thrall, you would do well to follow the foul creature's admonition and destroy this abomination of ink and paper before you turn a single leaf and are lost forever.

You have been warned.

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