The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining new york times bestselling author christopher moore returns in finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of postworld war ii san francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters, including a hapless. Author christopher moores complete list of books and series in order, with the latest. Im just glad to read a book that claims to be funny thats actually funny. Practical demonkeeping, coyote blue, bloodsucking fiends, island of the sequined love nun, the lust.
The pine cove books its christmas in pine cove and someone just killed santa with a shovel, but the angel has been sent to perform a christmas miracle. Practical demonkeeping, coyote blue, bloodsucking fiends, island of the sequined love nun, the lust lizard of melancholy cove, lamb, fluke, the stupidest angel, a dirty job, you suck, fool, bite me, sacre bleu, the serpent of venice, and secondhand souls. Since id mistakenly started with the second book of his vampire trilogy, i backtracked and read the rest of them bloodsucking fiends and bite me. About the author christopher moore is the author of the novels secondhand souls, sacre bleu, a dirty job, and lamb. His dad was a highway patrolman and his mom marketed major home appliances at a departmental store. There is a laughoutloud moment every couple of pages. While reflecting the authors absurdist tendencies, the content of the novel draws significantly from his own experiences in tending to the needs of close family and friends in the stages of dying.
Twas the night okay, more like the week before christmas, and all through the tiny community of pine cove, california, people are busy buying, wrapping, packing, and generally getting into the holiday spirit. Bloodsucking fiends a love story by christopher moore audiobook. In his final case calvino goes on a searches for a missing person in a broken battered society bangkok where missing has become the norm. Shakespeare for squirrels signed book by christopher moore.
Rate what you think is the best christopher moore novel. Since then, i have read everything he has published. I read my first christopher moore book when a dirty job was released. Bloodsucking fiends a love story by christopher moore audiobook vincenzo goodlow. Moores inspirations include john steinbeck and kurt vonnegut. Christopher moore books list of books by author christopher. Im thinking about another book featuring pocket from fool and the serpent of venice in the future. He grew up in mansfield oh and attended the ohio university and brooks institute of photography.
Christopher moore books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, and a dirty job, and more on. Christopher moore uses humor to tackle death, violence, suicide, the afterlife, religion, parenting and partnership. See all books authored by christopher moore, including lamb. He was the recipient of the quill award for general fiction in 2006 for a dirty job. Christopher moore has 34 books on goodreads with 1208417 ratings. He grew up in mansfield, ohio, and attended ohio state university and brooks institute of photography in santa barbara, california. Secondhand souls by christopher moore book club discussion. Shakespeare meets dashiell hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from new york times bestselling author christopher moorean uproarious, hardboiled take on the bards most performed play, a midsummer nights dream, featuring pocket, the hero of fool and the serpent of venice, along with his sidekick, drool, and pet monkey, jeff.
Christopher moore is the author of 15 novels, including the worldwide bestsellers lamb, you suck and a dirty job. Moores first novel was practical demonkeeping in 1992. With a body of work that boasts some of the most outlandish plots and outrageous characters ever to make it onto the printed page, christopher moore is rapidly making a name for himself as the clown prince of contemporary fiction. Signed boldly to kathy have fun christopher moore on the title page.
It may be a dirty job, but moore is more than up to the task. Although these short stories played a key role in establishing christopher moores foundation as a great author, it is his later novels that made him a household name in the comic fantasy genre of book writing. Christopher moore is the author of 15 novels, including the worldwide best sellers lamb, you suck and a dirty job. When it comes to the comically absurd, christopher moore wrote the book. With the possible exceptions of fool, the serpent of venice, and sacre bleu, all his books take place in the same universe and some characters recur from novel to novel. Christopher moore is the new york times bestselling author of 14 novels. He is the author of the serpent of venice, second hand souls, and other novels. Christopher moore talks about death, demons and secondhand. Christopher moore born january 1, 1957 is an american writer of comic fantasy. Christopher moore is the author of 15 previous novels. A city girl with a new thirst for life but no instruction book and a boy from the midwest looking to find his fortune, and maybe a girlfriend who wont eat him. Christopher moore audio books, best sellers, author bio. The first edition of the novel was published in march 1st 2002, and was written by christopher moore.
Christopher moore has 34 books on goodreads with 1210386 ratings. Moore has won several accolades that continue to inspire him to come up with topnotch content for bookworms. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal pdf epub book. The first time i read it, i laughed so hard i cried. The near fine dust jacket is not priceclipped and looks super under the fresh mylar cover ive added.
Moores novels typically involve conflicted everyman characters struggling through supernatural or extraordinary circumstances. Christopher moore is an american writer of comic and horror fantasy genre. A dirty job is a novel by american writer christopher moore, published in 2006. His absurd fictions are appreciated by all those who love him. My new novel, shakespeare for squirrels, goes on sale may 12, 2020. Nov 02, 2011 the first time i read a christopher moore book the wonderfully titled you suck, i knew i had found an author whose back catalog i would plunder like a thief in a bank vault. Helpful links the authors official website the authors blog bulletin board for fans chris moore related merchanise at shop fruitbat, with proceeds going to charity official facebook page author page on goodreads. May 12, 2020 manic parodist moore, fresh off a season in 1947 san francisco noir, 2018, returns with a rare gift for shakespeare fans who think a midsummer nights dream would be perfect if only it were a little more madcap.
With a body of work that boasts some of the most outlandish plots and outrageous characters ever to make it onto the printed page, christopher moore has made a name for himself as the clown prince of contemporary fiction. Bloodsucking fiends a city girl with a new thirst for life but no instruction book. Between scenes of punks bowling frozen turkeys on the graveyard shift in. Books by christopher moore author of lamb goodreads. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 444 pages and is available in paperback format. Christopher was born on 1st january 1957 in toledo, ohio and was raised in mansfield, ohio. Bloodsucking fiends a love story by christopher moore.
Dance will be the 17th and last book in the vincent calvino series. Christopher moore is the author of the novels secondhand souls, sacre bleu, a dirty job, and lamb. Moore has long been a big name in crime for his vincent calvino books, based on the exploits of an american private eye in thailands. Shakespeare for squirrels signed book by christopher. Apr 17, 2018 a regular joe stirs up a whole pot of trouble when he meets a damsel in distress. Top 25 quotes by christopher moore of 212 az quotes. Shakespeare for squirrels christopher moore 9780062434029. Christopher moore books list of books by author christopher moore.
A books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Inherited humanism from his love john steinbeck and fetched that sense of absurd from kurt vonnegut, christopher has been the bestselling author. Shakespeare for squirrels christopher moore hardcover. Christopher moore won the quill award for science fictionfantasyhorror 2005 for the book titled, the stupidest angel. Christopher moore is an american author of humourous fantasy novels. Buy a cheap copy of bloodsucking fiends book by christopher moore. Top 10 books by christopher moore best book recommendations. Does the lighthearted tone of secondhand souls distract from some of the serious content or draw attention to it. And possibly a space alien, because, hey, this is a christopher moore book, after all. And this is the only book in the series with vincent calvino appearing in the first person. Born on 1 january 1957, christopher moor is a writer of absurdist fiction.