Any fans of Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal?

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From School Library Journal
Adult/High School-An angel has resurrected Levi bar Alpheus, known as Biff, to tell this story of his life with Joshua, better known to the modern world as Jesus Christ. As youths, they travel to the East in search of the wise men who gave gifts to Joshua at his birth, because the young man has a problem: he knows he's the Messiah, but he doesn't know what to do about it. Along the way, he and Biff come in contact with the spirituality of the East, along with a smattering of martial arts, strange poisons, abominable snowmen, and more. The story concludes with their return to Israel and Biff's own explanation of the events that make up the traditional gospel narrative. Readers who might be offended by the author's casual treatment of Christian themes may also take umbrage at his treatment of Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and much else. However, the author manages to share a variety of the world's spiritual insights while creating interesting and vivid characters. The style is smooth, drawing readers into the story seamlessly except for the need to laugh out loud every page or two. The humor is good-natured, despite the fact that Biff claims to be the inventor of a practice known as "sarcasm." In an excellent afterword, the author explains the choices he made in writing the novel, which will fascinate would-be writers, as well as provide a rebuttal for the book's likely critics.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0380813815/reviews/104-3291458-5877528#03808138157299

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1. Fantastic book!

Christopher Moore is one of my all time favorite authors. Highly recommended as are the rest of his books *though i havent read _Fluke: Or I know Why the Whale Sings_ yet (it's waiting for me on my bookshelf though).

Greats by Christopher Moore:
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
Coyote Blue
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story
Practical Demon-Keeping

and of course the aformentioned: _Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal_

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2. I've only recently started "Lamb"

and it's my first Moore book. So far I like it quite a bit. His style does remind me a bit of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams.

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3. i thought Lamb was quite good

though not his best work. If you enjoy it you will love his other novels. He is very reminiscnet of Vonnegut and Adams as well as Tom Robbins.