thebitterguy

For some reason I've never read a Christopher Moore book. I've had lots of friends recommend them to me; as a guy who's fond of absurdist reads, it seems like a good fit.

This weekend, when we were visiting with some friends in Waterloo to watch the new Futurama movie (report: More cohesive than Bender's Game, funnier than Beast with a Billion Backs & Bender's Big Score), Valerie introduced me to Moore's Christmas novel over R4TG. Since I found it amusing, she agreed to lend me a copy, but warned me that it was very referential to his previous books. So I borrowed this one.

Practical Demonkeeping is about a small California tourist town which gets visited by a demon and his master, who are being pursued by the king of the Djinn under orders from King Solomon. They get involved with the various townsfolk, who include a down and out wedding photographer, his soon to be ex-wife, the laconic owner of the local general store/bait shop, and a restauranteur who bears no small resemblance to an obscure early 20th century fantasy writer.

It's everything that was promised, which includes being funny and a pretty quick read. Valerie had told me that I would finish it in an afternoon, and if it were possible for me to get an uninterrupted afternoon I'm sure I could put that to the test.

Thankfully, I have a couple more of his books that