Mister B. Gone, Clive Barker
Mister B. Gone, Clive Barker
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Mister B. Gone

Author: Clive Barker

Narrator: Doug Bradley

Unabridged: 6 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/30/2007

Synopsis

“Think of a darker, more aggressive version of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. . . . Filled with wicked mischief and dark dares.” — Kansas City StarFrom Clive Barker, the great master of horror and the macabre, comes a brilliant and truly unsettling tour de force of the supernatural—a terrifying work that escorts the reader on an intimate and revelatory journey to uncover the shocking truth of the battle between Good and Evil.“Burn this book!”So warns Jakerbok, the spellbinding narrator of this fabulously original “memoir,” a tale of good and evil deliberately “lost” for nearly six hundred years. Jakerbok is no ordinary soul; he is a minion of hell with a terrifying plan to cast the world into darkness and despair—a plan thwarted by a young apprentice of Johannes Gutenberg who buried the one and only copy of this damnable manuscript that his master printed in 1438.Compelling and direct, Jakerbok shares the secrets of his life, going back centuries to recall the events that shaped his childhood, including the traumas he suffered at the hands of his parents, super demons themselves. He explains how he rose from “minor” to “major” demon status, and gleefully reveals his nefarious plot to “invade” the minds and hearts of unwitting humans everywhere thanks to the ingenious Gutenberg and his invention. “Burn this book!” he advises throughout—a taunt, a warning, and a command that will actually unleash the evil with which he has hidden in every word and every page, infusing the very ink and paper upon which they are printed.Inventive and irresistible, Mister B. Good reaffirms Clive Barker is one of our most brilliant and original voices, an artist with a keen insight into mysteries deep within the human heart.

About Clive Barker

Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; the Hellraiser and Candyman series, and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. He lives in Southern California.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Alexander on 2008-05-30 15:38:42

First of all, this book did not translate well into audio format. It was meant to be read, more so than any other book ever translated to audio. The only thing I can think of worse than translating this to audio would to narrate a Xanth book. Anyway, I didn't like the story for want of a plot. It was a clever idea, but the implementation was lacking. Maybe it will scare the more superstitious of us...

Goodreads review by Tim on April 22, 2020

It's fairly unusual to open a book and have it order you to burn it. Not many books though have a demon inside of them just waiting for release. When you pick up Mister B. Gone, you are not holding a book in the traditional sense. You are holding a demon. A demon that needs you to release it. The on......more

Goodreads review by Fabian on May 01, 2017

It must take some balls to directly insult & harangue your audience/reader. The demon inside this book (this is LITERAL) goes to the trouble of berating the reader for doing his job, reading; tells him to “Burn this book”—and this has the inverse effect for the reader of course, who simply continues......more

Goodreads review by Kiera ☠ on April 02, 2023

4.5/5 I went into this after having read numerous negative reviews, ready to dive into something not of Barkers usual style & I’m glad I did. I actually really enjoyed this. Reading from the perspective of this demon Jakabob Botch. I didn’t know where the story was going but was enthralled in his te......more

Goodreads review by Bishop on January 29, 2008

I haven't read a Clive Barker book for about 10 years, so I was pretty excited to read this one when I saw it on the shelf. Unfortunately, the book didn't live up to my expectations. I felt that Barker's vision of hell and the demons who populate it was a bit superficial and ill-concieved, leaving t......more

Goodreads review by Laurie (barksbooks) on September 28, 2018

2 1/2 Mister B Gone starts out with a dire warning (though not dire enough to scare me away unfortunately). Burn this book. Go on. Quickly, while there’s still time! Burn it. Don’t look at another word. Did you hear me? Not. One. More. Word. I wish I’d listened. Not that I advocate burning books but I......more

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