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Book SynopsisThe 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 the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg.This bone-chilling novel, in which a medieval devil speaks directly to his readerhis tone murderous one moment, seductive the nextis a never-before-published memoir allegedly penned in the year 1438.The demon has embedded himself in the very words of this tale of terror, turning the book itself into a dangerous object, laced with menace only too ready to break free and exert its power.A brilliant and truly unsettling tour de force of the supernatural, Mister B. Gone escorts the reader on an intimate and revelatory journey to uncover the shocking truth of the battle between Good and Evil.
Trade ReviewPraise for Clive Barker:
‘An invocation of both magic and the imagination… A majestic maze of mythmaking’
Washington Times
‘Passionate and ingenious… A ride with remarkable views’
Times Literary Supplement
‘A fabulous, engrossing war of the worlds’
People Magazine
‘Barker’s fecundity of invention is beyond praise. In a world of hard-bitten horror and originality, Clive Barker dislocates your mind’
Mail on Sunday
‘A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imagination… Clive Barker is an outstanding storyteller’
J G Ballard
