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Baal (Paperback)

by Robert R. McCammon (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Pocket (October 1, 1988)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671737740
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671737740
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 6.7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #137,384 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Immature ramblings of an Angry Young Man, October 16, 2002
By "neznama" (Atlanta, Ga United States) - See all my reviews
This book was awful. The story boring and predictable, not to mention a bit confusing historically (Baal was banished by the Hebrews), the characters totally unbelievable. If you are looking for an intro to Bob McCammon, do yourself a favor and read Swan Song or Mine, two extraordinary novels of horrific proportions, edgy and energetic, frighteningly vivid.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Go Read Boy's Life!, October 8, 2006
Even Mccammon admits that Baal wasn't his best work. I have to agree, which hurts me because Mccammon wrote the incredible Boys Life (best book ever), and Swan Song (Go read these now!), but I didn't care for Baal much. Baal is the progeny of Satan via the rape of a poor woman, whose tale for the first 40 pages is engrossing and very entertaining as she beings to suspect that there is something wrong with her son...Then the tale moves to the next two phases of Baal's life - the orphanage, and as an adult as he amasses his fanatic zealots to aid his cause of chaos. And it is in these last 2 parts that the tale turns south.
If you are a die-hard fan of Mccammon(as I am), you have to read it, but just don't expect it to come close to anything else he has written - but to be fair this was his first book, and the first 40 pages are certainly foreshadow of the writer he would become.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "THE BEST HORROR AUTHOR OF THE DECADE.", February 26, 1997
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"Baal" one of McCammon's best books. Pure horror and suspense. It's a book easy to read and to understand. It really get's your attention to it. It's pure evil. Fantastic. Claudia Cox
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not his best, but still enjoyable
I read this book in an evening; it's a fairly quick read if you don't lose interest. I had no problem with it, but I can see where others had issues with it. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this book very much.
I read this book way back in 1978 and it still scares me to think about it. It was one of the few paperbacks that has stuck in my mind since then (I'm surprised I remembered the... Read more
Published on February 15, 2007 by Evelyn A. Macdonald

1.0 out of 5 stars The author's worst book
I've read everything Mr. McCammon was written and enjoyed most of it, but this was the exception. I can't think of a single thing I liked about it. Read more
Published on January 10, 2002 by Victor Patterson

4.0 out of 5 stars No one mentioned Mystery Walk
You should definitely read BAAL first then Mystery Walk and then Swan Song - same type of character in all three
Published on April 14, 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars WELL WRITTEN BUT ORDINARY GOOD VERSUS EVIL NOVEL
AFTER HAVING READ SWAN SONG, A BOYS LIFE AND GOIN SOUTH' I WAS DISAAPOINTED WITH THIS BOOK. I EXPECTED MORE OF AN INVOLVED TALE. Read more
Published on November 22, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars The Angry Young Man novel
As Mr. McCammon himself said, he wrote this novel when he was twenty-five, "an angry young man"... Read more
Published on August 4, 1998 by Edward Gordon Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars The most horrifying novel ever written.
I read Baal about 10, give or take years ago. This novel is to about the only novel that I find to be so close to the GOOD AND EVIL of ALL. Read more
Published on July 20, 1998

3.0 out of 5 stars Great time-waster for a rainy afternoon.
Simplistic Antichrist story with a worthwhile ending. Hard to get into until the middle of the book, and then a long, exciting rollercoaster ride to the end. Read more
Published on July 13, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone who believes in the unbelievable...
...this is the perfect novel. This novel will thrill you and keep you in suspense days after you've finished reading it.
Published on July 8, 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars "Mcammon does it again!!"
I started reading Robert R. Mcammon, with the short story collection, "Blue World". I loved that so moved on to his other works, and AM VERY DISAPPOINTED to learn that... Read more
Published on June 22, 1997

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