тАЬThink of a darker, more aggressive version of C.S. LewisтАЩ The Screwtape Letters. . . . Filled with wicked mischief and dark dares.тАЭ тАФ┬аKansas City Star
From Clive Barker, the great master of horror and the macabre, comes a brilliant and truly unsettling tour de force of the supernaturalтАФa terrifying work that┬аescorts the reader on an intimate and revelatory journey to uncover the shocking truth of the battle between Good and Evil.
тАЬBurn this book!тАЭ
So warns Jakerbok, the spellbinding narrator of this fabulously original тАЬmemoir,тАЭ a tale of good and evil deliberately тАЬlostтАЭ 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 despairтАФa 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 тАЬminorтАЭ to тАЬmajorтАЭ demon status, and gleefully reveals his nefarious plot to тАЬinvadeтАЭ the minds and hearts of unwitting humans everywhere thanks to the ingenious Gutenberg and his invention. тАЬBurn this book!тАЭ he advises throughoutтАФa 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.
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.