Mister B. Gone

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Mister B. Gone is a darkly comic horror novel by Clive Barker, presented as the confessional memoir of a minor demon who directly addresses and threatens the reader.

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instanceOf horror novel
novel
author Clive Barker NERFINISHED
centralConflict a demon’s struggle with his own history and damnation
characterType minor demon
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtBy Clive Barker NERFINISHED
genre comic horror
dark fantasy
horror fiction
hasAuthor Clive Barker NERFINISHED
hasISBN 9780060815221
language English
literaryTechnique breaking the fourth wall
direct threats to the reader
frame narrative
mainCharacter Jakabok Botch NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativeDevice confessional memoir
direct address to the reader
narrativeForm first-person narrative
narrativePerspective demon’s point of view
narrator Jakabok Botch NERFINISHED
narratorType unreliable narrator
notableFor blending horror and dark humor
second-person address to the reader
pageCount 256 (approximate)
partOf Clive Barker bibliography
protagonist Jakabok Botch NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2007
publisher HarperCollins NERFINISHED
setting Hell
medieval Europe NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
theme confession
damnation
metafiction
the power of books
tone darkly comic
workOf Clive Barker NERFINISHED

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