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Loading... Apocalypse Next Tuesday (2008)by David Safier
  
Books Read in 2014 (1,894) No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) mirenbz | Jun 14, 2020 |  Sometimes, just sometimes, I need a book that offers pure escapism - without pretending to be anything other than a diversion. Not very deep or challenging or novel - just plain cozy and preferably funny. David Safier's books are just that - simple fun. So, even though I have little patience for romance novels or religious fiction it was hard not to like the story of thirty-five year old Marie who is jilting her fiance at the altar only to fall for the carpenter repairing her dad's roof. No, the plot is not what is seems. If I had to summarise the book I would say it is Good Omens but featuring Bridget Jones and told with the social criticism of Dogma. This is why I liked it so much. N.B. I read the German edition of the book. It was published in English as Apocalypse Next Tuesday, but as with Safier's first book Bad Karma I am not sure that the humor would work well in translation. ( ) BrokenTune | Aug 21, 2016 |  ) borhap | Aug 27, 2013 |  ) nubedealgodon2 | Apr 28, 2011 | ) ElizabethBraun | Nov 30, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
The course of true love never runs smoothly, especially when the Apocalypse gets in the way--a hilarious rom-com, Bridget Jones meets Life of Brian When 30-something Marie jilts her boring boyfriend at the altar she wonders if life can get any worse. So when a handsome carpenter comes to work on the roof, she realizes she has nothing to lose by asking him out. Even his bizarre assertions that he is Jesus isn't enough to put Marie off--her biological clock is ticking, and it's time to settle down. Meanwhile, Satan (a dead ringer for George Clooney) is on the prowl, recruiting horsemen for next week's Armageddon, scheduled for Tuesday, and Archangel Gabriel has discovered the pleasures of the flesh and is off on a sex marathon. Things are looking grim. Fortunately, Marie is dating the son of God--maybe, just maybe, he can get things straightened out. Provocative and blasphemous (with added pizza), this is a wonderfully light, witty book full of surprises. No library descriptions found. |
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