false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984649m/5750628.jpg 5750628 5 <p>Johannes Cabal, a brilliant scientist and notorious snob, is obsessed with raising the dead. Tormented by a dark and harrowing secret, he travels to the fiery pits of hell to retrieve his soul, long ago sold to the Devil. Satan, incredibly bored and hungry for a challenge, proposes a little wager: Johannes has one year to persuade one hundred people to sign over their souls or he will lose his forever. To keep things interesting, he generously throws in a traveling carnival to help Johannes collect on the bargain. <br><br>With little time to lose, Johannes raises a crew from the dead and enlists his brother, Horst, a charismatic vampire, to be his right-hand man. Once on the road, Johannes and his troupe of reprobates cause mayhem at every stop. But are his tricks enough to beat the Devil at his own game? <br><br>Combining the chills and thrills of old-fashioned gothic tales, the rollicking humor of <i>Wicked</i>, and the sophisticated charms of <i>Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell</i>, JOHANNES CABAL THE NECROMANCER turns the oldest tale in the world into a fresh and irresistible adventure.</p> 3565583 7 7 2009 Johannes Cabal the Necromancer total:176|5:51|4:76|3:43|2:4|1:2| 176 698 392 62 5 0 false false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 08:41:48 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 09:44:54 -0800 2009 Johannes Cabal the Necromancer is a hilarious melding of Faust and Something Wicked This Way Comes. Hard to believe that a combination of those two tales in particular would be hilarious, but it happened, and I have hard-backed evidence.

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Somebody call Tim Burton and Johnny Depp so they can make this into a movie, please. Jonathan L. Howard’s...more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:38:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:39:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:12:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:40:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 10:09:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 10:31:37 -0700 2009 "Johannes Cabal" quickly proved to be the better book-- the other book's h...more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 07:24:41 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 07:25:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 08 13:14:33 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 14:31:09 -0800 2009 There were some overly verbose passages which simply did not make sense, and I wish there had been more character development for Johannes. As it ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 00:33:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 00:43:47 -0700 2009 Johannes Cabal the Necromancer. One of those books that gives you just what it advertises.
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The tale follows the titular character as he re-negotiates an earlier deal with Satan, having found that his lack of a soul causes interference in his necr...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 13:37:40 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 13:39:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 10:01:59 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 08:50:12 -0700 2009
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