Christopher Moore writes comic fantasy that takes supernatural creatures, religion, death and familiar literary stories and treats them with irreverent modern humour. Practical Demonkeeping brings a reluctant demon keeper and his dangerous companion to the California town of Pine Cove, a setting Moore returns to in later books. Lamb imagines the missing years of Jesus through his childhood friend Biff, while A Dirty Job follows a San Francisco man who unexpectedly discovers that he has become a kind of collector of souls. Fool retells King Lear through the court jester, mixing Shakespearean characters with Moore's own bawdy plot. His novels are fast, absurd and dialogue-heavy, often combining fantasy mechanics with contemporary comedy. Lamb is the clearest example of Moore's supernatural comedy, while Fool and his other literary rewritings are better suited to readers who enjoy parody built from close familiarity with the source material. Read more Less
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