You hold in your hands not a book at all, but a terrifying embodiment of purest evil. Can you feel the electric tingle in your fingers as you are absorbed by the demon Jakabok's tale of his unintentional ascent from the depths of the Inferno? Do you sense the cold dread worming its way into your bloodstream, your sinews, the marrow of your bones as you read more deeply into his earthly education and unspeakable acts? The filth you now grasp has been waiting patiently for you for nearly six hundred years. And now, before you are completely in its thrall, you would do well to follow the foul creature's admonition and destroy this abomination of ink and paper before you turn a single leaf and are lost forever.
Praise for Clive Barker: An invocation of both magic and the imaginationâ ¦ A majestic maze of mythmaking'WASHINGTON TIMESPassionate and ingeniousâ ¦ A ride with remarkable views'TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT A fabulous, engrossing war of the worlds'PEOPLE MAGAZINEBarker's fecundity of invention is beyond praise. In a world of hard-bitten horror and originality, Clive Barker dislocates your mind'- Mail on Sunday `A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imaginationâ ¦ Clive Barker is an outstanding storyteller'- J G Ballard
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You hold in your hands not a book at all, but a terrifying embodiment of purest evil. Can you feel the electric tingle in your fingers as you are absorbed by the demon Jakabok's tale of his unintentional ascent from the depths of the Inferno? Do you sense the cold dread worming its way into your bloodstream, your sinews, the marrow of your bones as you read more deeply into his earthly education and unspeakable acts? The filth you now grasp has been waiting patiently for you for nearly six hundred years. And now, before you are completely in its thrall, you would do well to follow the foul creature's admonition and destroy this abomination of ink and paper before you turn a single leaf and are lost forever.
You have been warned.
**
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. With a bone-chilling opening consisting of a gloomy score and a very angry Doug Bradley (Hellraiser's Pinhead himself), Barker's latest horror effort is brilliantly realized in this masterful reading. Bradley is inherently creepy as the narrator, one Jakabok Botch, or Mister B., detailing his demonic life in this journal, which he implores you not to read right from the start. His rich Liverpool accent adds to the insidiousness of Jakabok, who implores the reader to release him from the confines of the diary as it seems he is actually stuck in the very ink that fills the pages. Bradley's performance is so powerful and compelling, it's nearly impossible not to listen all the way through the first time around. Bradley speaks directly to the listener, creating a very uncomfortable atmosphere ripe for plenty of good scares. Bradley's tone and demeanor creates constant tension throughout, with random bursts of anger and rage sure to make hearts skip a beat in a thrillingly fun experience.
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Praise for Clive Barker:
An invocation of both magic and the imaginationâ ¦ A majestic maze of mythmaking'WASHINGTON TIMESPassionate and ingeniousâ ¦ A ride with remarkable views'TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTA fabulous, engrossing war of the worlds'PEOPLE MAGAZINEBarker's fecundity of invention is beyond praise. In a world of hard-bitten horror and originality, Clive Barker dislocates your mind'- Mail on Sunday `A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imaginationâ ¦ Clive Barker is an outstanding storyteller'- J G Ballard