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Christopher moore a dirty job review5/11/2023 Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group ISBN: 9781841496030 Number of pages: 448 Weight: 310 g Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 32 mm You may also be interested in. Yep, it seems that Charlie Asher has been recruited for a new job, an unpleasant but utterly necessary one: Death. Strange names start appearing on his nightstand notepad, and before he knows it, those people end up dead, too. This novel makes light of hellhounds, demons and outlandishly costumed squirrel. People start dropping dead around him, giant ravens perch on his building, and it seems that everywhere he goes, a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. But his latest and wobbliest story, 'A Dirty Job,' suggests that Moore's gonzo irreverence has its limits. But see him Charlie does, and from here on out, things get really weird. As Charlie prepares to go home after the birth, he sees a strange man dressed in mint-green at Rachel's hospital bedside - a man who claims that no one should be able to see him. And she, Rachel, is about to have their first child.īut normal service is about to be interrupted. With a hilarious cast of irreverent (there is an unwritten rule requiring that word to appear in any Christopher Moore book review) supporting characters, including one of my personal favorites. He's married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normality. Comment on this title Synopses & Reviews ISBN13: 9780060590284 ISBN10: 0060590289 Condition: Standard. He owns a building in the heart of San Francisco, and runs a second-hand store with the help of a couple of loyal, if marginally insane, employees. A little hapless, somewhat neurotic, more of a Beta than an Alpha Male.
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