Monday, February 16, 2009

Feb Blog #3: Lamb, by Christopher Moore, published 2002

Current Page: 111

Currently in Lamb, a resurrected Biff is contemplating learning the language of hip-hop as he continues to write the vulgar story of Jesus's childhood. Biff and J.C. have just set out to find the Magi, who they hope can help discover Jesus's role as Messiah.

Moore's story is nothing short of incredible so far. He is somehow able to be incredibly vulgar while delicately avoiding any huge offense to Christianity, Judaism, or religion in general. Jesus is still a sinless person, it's Biff who commits the various naughty crimes scattered throughout the book. Moore manages to make you think with his various religious references, tug at your heart with a failing love story we all can relate to, and all the while, you can barely keep a straight face.

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