Book: Mister B. Gone

Author: Clive Barker

Review: I was hesitant to even pick up a Clive Barker book.  I had read one of his works previously and found it overly gory.  This was even more of a disappointment.  The idea of the book is that a demon is trapped within it's ancient pages, and he spends chapter upon chapter asking the reader to burn the book.  The only thing I liked about that was how the pages were made to appear slightly singed already.  The demon Jakabok Botch tells the story of how he was pulled from the Ninth Gate of hell into this world, and only like two of the adventures he had up here.  It ends with Guttenberg inventing the printing press and a war between heaven and hell, as to how it may be used.  An alright concept, with a lousy execution.