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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
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- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0061438596
- ISBN 13
- 9780061438592
- Seller
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Item Price
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, October 2007. Special Gift Edition designed to look like a bible. Imitation leather. Gilt edges. Bound-in red ribbon marker. Red endpapers. Flexible binding. No dust jacket as issued. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 417 pages. An irreverent, iconoclastic, and divinely funny tale of the early life of Jesus Christ as witnessed by his boyhood pal Levi bar Alphaeus (a.k.a. Biff). Find out what really happened between the manger and the Sermon on the Mount.
Synopsis
The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years -- except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia Inquirer).Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more -- except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdala -- and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.
Reviews
On Aug 13 2022, a reader said:
one of my absolute favorite books by one of my absolute favorite authors. irreverent and well-researched. silly and heartfelt. fun and informative. yes, informative. this book made me want to go read about the actual history of jesus.
christopher moore is one of my go to authors when i want a light, humorous read that also has a good story and perhaps a bit of mystery. there are laugh out loud funny moments in this book as well as serious character development.
such an interesting concept, what was jesus up to from childhood to his early 30s? this book takes the reader on an adventurous romp to various locations and introduces intriguing characters as jesus works his way to becoming, well, jesus.
the first christopher moore book i ever read was the stupidest angel, after hearing an interview with the author on the radio. i was hooked. as i would eventually learn, there is often crossover with this author's works and so it was interesting to see more of a character i knew from the stupidest angel.
short story long i easily give this book 5 stars.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of the World
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000000250
- Title
- Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
- Author
- Christopher Moore
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Special Gift Edition
- Binding
- Imitation Leather
- ISBN 10
- 0061438596
- ISBN 13
- 9780061438592
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- October 2007
- Keywords
- fiction, fantasy, humor, religion, absurdist, adventure, comic, Christian fiction, history, historical fiction, Bible, biblical, Christ, Gospels, Jesus
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction; Fiction; Middle East; Humor, Comedy, Satire, Funny stuff; Religion & Spirituality;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About Books of the World
Finding new homes for the library I collected over five decades of travel around the world.
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