Mister B. Gone - Clive Barker

The majority of us, I'm guessing, haven't had the oppurtunity of allowing a demons words and thoughts into our mind. On picking up this book however, I am one of that few minority! Mister B. Gones' introduction to this story of cruelty to humans by evil creatures of the under world starts off by telling you to burn it. Obviously that's going to give the negative affect. Although if you've bought and paid for it, it would be a waste of money! Mister B aka Jakabok Botch, is a lesser demon. A nobody in hell and treated cruelly by his much more powerful father. In fact the only thing that Botch can thank him for was being able to inherit a fine pair of devils ...  Read the complete review

~Introduction~ 'Burn this Book' These are the opening words of Clive Barkers novel Mister B. Gone, which tell the story of the demon Jakabok Botch and how he ended up imprisoned in the pages of this book. The theory of this book is that the demon is talking directly to you... and by continuing to read the book you are putting your very soul in danger. Unfortunately, I felt this book fell a little short of the mark. ~Plot~ (without going into too much detail and ruining it) Jakabok Botch is a minor demon in one of the lower circles of hell. He is demon 'trailer trash', with a demon deformity- two tails! Life is ...  Read the complete review

This has got to be the oddest and weirdest book I have ever read (...and I've read some very odd books) The book is set in 1485 and centres around a demon called Jakabok Botch. It is written almost in the style of an autobiography of jakabok. we learn how he ends up horribly scarred and how he travels around the "world" I don't want to give too much of the story away as this would spoil it for anyone who decides to read it. But there are some really interesting historical references within the book that really manage to tie all the individual parts of the story together and make you think - could this really have happened? The ...  Read the complete review