How can you not love any book that matches Santa Claus with zombies???
This is only the 2nd book I've read by Christopher Moore, but I have every one on my wish list on Amazon, and I can't wait to read them all. Moore is brilliant.
In this book, the Angel Raziel comes to Earth to perform a Christmas miracle and sort of flubs it up a bit. A little boy's wish that Santa, who he saw killed, be brought back to life. This, of course, leads to mayhem.
I particularly liked the fruit bat named Roberto.
Here is one of my favorite passages from the book:
Sour Nerds? Cinnamon Geeks? Or Gummy Boogers? Sam Applebaum's mom was picking out a "nice" reasonably priced Cabernet, and Sam was allowed one item of candy from the rack at Brine's Bait, Tackle, and Fine Wines. Of course the Boogers would last the longest, but they were all mundane green-apple finish, while the Nerds proffered a fruity variety and an impudent little top note of tang. Cinnamon Geeks had a rich nose and a bit of a bite up front, but their tiny certified-public-accountant shape betrayed their bourgeois origins.
2 comments:
LOVE Christopher Moore! Part of the fun of this particular book is that it collects a number of characters who have previously appeared in some of his other novels (including Roberto the fruit bat). As you read more Moore, you'll recognize them.
Florinda - That's what a friend of mine was telling me. (And I noticed you and I shared this book on Library Thing - glad you chimed in!) I love a book that makes me laugh out loud!
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