Mister B. Gone
- 248
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Mister B. Gone” is an original, mischievous metafiction from Clive Barker, narrated by a demon who speaks to the reader from the page. Its darkness is shot through with flashes of humour. Some readers admire its inventiveness and Barker’s prose but find it less frightening than they had hoped, and its ending a little silly. Readers who enjoy a narrator playing games with them will get more from it than those after pure terror.
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About the book
Mister B. Gone is a short metafiction novel by Clive Barker, published in the United Kingdom and the United States in October 2007.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.8 across 56 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 28% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 6.8 | 56 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Mister B. Gone?
It has 248 pages — shorter than 97% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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