Lamb

The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Hardcover, 416 pages

English language

Published Feb. 19, 2002 by William Morrow.

ISBN:
978-0-380-97840-3
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OCLC Number:
49054082

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4 stars (1 review)

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.

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4 stars

Often sacrilegious, somewhat silly and mostly humorous. This book does portray the history well (Sicarii, Essenes and Zealots, oh my!) and tackles the "missing years" in a way that fits the story beautifully. Played more for humor are the parts where the Biff invents the Latte, kitchen matches and sarcasm. While occasionally absurd, the two main characters have a great relationship, and both grow considerably over the course of the novel.

Christopher Moore has described this as his favorite book; I look forward to trying one of his more fictional tales soon.

Subjects

  • Jesus Christ -- Fiction.
  • Jesus Christ -- Friends and associates -- Fiction.
  • Bible. N.T. Gospels -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction.