Mister B. Gone
by Clive Barker
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Author: Clive BarkerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-30
ISBN: 0060182989
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Book Review: A Little Bit of Hell
Summary: 4 Stars
It's not something that seems at all logical, but now that it has happened there is something about it that seems both fitting and inevitable. Horror icon Clive Barker has written his own version of C. S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters."
Not that Barker has borrowed Screwtape. He has invented his own demon, one who most definitely speaks with his own voice. As in:
"Hanging from the branches around the fire were the stretched skins of several demons like me, except, of course, their skins were not burned as mine was."
Barker also isn't much interested in the serious examination of Christianity that underlies Lewis' work. He's more interested in a straight, dark fantasy.
It's a very welcome book. Barker has been publishing nothing but children's books (yes, it's true) since about 2001. This was a surprising move from the author of some of the most bold and twisted pure, gut-wrenching horror ever published. Compare the children's series "Arabat" to his early "Books of Blood," for instance.
That said, there are bound to be a great many people who won't like this book because it isn't what they want Barker to write. Barker is a prime icon, so "fans" want him to write what THEY want him to write and probably won't be content to let him write what HE wants to.
"Mister B. Gone" is a dark, ugly book. Well, not physically ugly. As a physical entity, it is extremely well designed. The actual pages of the book look old...a faded brown, with creeping age and moisture damage around the edges. A wonderful element that adds to the verisimilitude of the story. Because the story, a chronicle of past and future evil more horrendous than most of us can imagine, seems real.
Now, that's disturbing.
In other words, that's vintage Clive Barker.
Welcome back, Mr. Barker.
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