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A humorous tale of what happens when a none-too-clever angel overhears a little boy, who, having witnessed Santa taking a shovel to the head, prays for Santa to return from the dead.
FFortuna: Stupidest Angel is a Christmas book and further on the spectrum of craziness, but the two have similar types of humor. The movie star in Agent to the Stars also reminds me a bit of Molly Michon from Stupidest Angel.
Dr.Science: The English author Tom Holt is relatively unknown in America, but very popular in England. If you enjoy Jasper Fforde or Christopher Moore you will most certainly enjoy Tom Holt's wry sense of English humor and the absurd. He has written a number of excellent books including Expecting Someone Taller, and Flying Dutch, but they may be difficult to find at your library or bookstore.… (more)
I started reading this a long while ago, then stopped, and restarted just in time for christmas.
Moore once again leads us to Pine Cove and its quirky inhabitants and throws in some supernatural stuff to get the action started. It is a lot of fun. ( )
This was my first foray into the world of Christopher Moore... and just what I needed in the holiday hub-bub. So over the top. Just the kind of thing you want to listen to (I listened in the car) or read when you've gotten stuck in mall traffic or are getting cranky about Christmas shopping. ( )
Do you really need to know more than the author is Christopher Moore? It's Christmas so throw in some Santa's, Angels, and Zombies and you are on your way to Crazyland. :) ( )
This book is dedicated to Mike Spradlin who said: "You know, you oughtta write a Christmas book." To which I replied: "What kind of Christmas book?" To which he replied: "I don't know. Maybe Christmas in Pine Cove or something." To which I replied: "'Kay"
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Christmas crept into Pine Cove like a creeping Christmas thing: dragging garland, ribbon, and sleigh bells, oozing eggnog, reeking of pine, and threatening festive doom like a cold sore under the mistletoe.
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Version 2.0: "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night."
Christopher Moore's "enhanced" Version 2.0 (ISBN No. 0060842350) was published in the U.S. as a hardcover with red dust jacket by William Morrow, NY (2005), and includes a short story that doesn't appear in the 2004 original. The original edition (ISBN No. 0060590254), published in the U.S. as a hardcover with pale yellow dust jacket by William Morrow, NY (2004), only contains the original novel. The Kindle Edition (2011) is described as having "Bonus Material." Please do not combine these editions, except where they have the same content.
Christopher Moore's original novel (ISBN No. 0060590254), published in the U.S. as a hardcover with pale yellow dust jacket by William Morrow, NY (2004). The "enhanced" Version 2.0 (ISBN No. 0060842350), published in the U.S. as a hardcover with red dust jacket by William Morrow, NY (2005), includes a short story that doesn't appear in the 2004 original. The Kindle Edition (2011) is described as having "Bonus Material." Please do not combine these editions, except where they have the same content.
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A humorous tale of what happens when a none-too-clever angel overhears a little boy, who, having witnessed Santa taking a shovel to the head, prays for Santa to return from the dead.
Moore once again leads us to Pine Cove and its quirky inhabitants and throws in some supernatural stuff to get the action started. It is a lot of fun. ( )