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The Stupidest Angel

A Heartwarming Tale Of Christmas Terror

By Christopher Moore

(18)

| Audio Cassette | 9780792733997

Book Description

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.

'Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas, and all through the tiContinue

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.

'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. It is the hap-hap-happiest time of the year, after all.

But not everybody is feeling the joy. Little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a holiday miracle. No, he's not on his deathbed; no, his dog hasn't run away from home. But Josh is sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back from the dead.

But hold on! There's an angel waiting in the wings. (Wings, get it?) It's none other than the Archangel Raziel come to Earth seeking a small child with a wish that needs granting. Unfortunately, our angel's not sporting the brightest halo in the bunch, and before you can say "Kris Kringle," he's botched his sacred mission and sent the residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos, culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party the town has ever seen.

Only Christopher Moore, the man who brought you the outrageous lost gospel Lamb and the hysterical fish tale Fluke could have devised a new holiday classic that tugs at the heartstrings and serves up a healthy slice of fruitcake to boot.

Move over, Charles Dickens -- it's Christopher Moore time.

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    The Stupidest Angel

    A wonderfully twisted story of a Christmas miracle gone awry.

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    ― Readingrat said on Dec 18, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • Christmas cheer!

    A great xmas romp! Now my second favorite xmas book (after Sedaris's Holidays on Ice)

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    ― myrtlebch said on Jan 15, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • The authors warning sums this book up: "If you're buying this book as a gift for your grandma or a kid, you should be aware that it contains cusswords as well as tasteful depictions of cannibalism and people in their forties having sex. Don't blame me. I told you."
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    The authors warning sums this book up: "If you're buying this book as a gift for your grandma or a kid, you should be aware that it contains cusswords as well as tasteful depictions of cannibalism and people in their forties having sex. Don't blame me. I told you."
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    A quirky and cute disaster of a Christmas story. _

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    ― Miraclesmommadesigns said on Dec 18, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • This book had its funny moments, but overall I wasn't a huge fan. The characters were very quirky but not in the endearing way that they were in A Dirty Job. However, I was reading the author's notes after the book and it made it sound like some of these characters had come from others of his earl ... (continue)

    This book had its funny moments, but overall I wasn't a huge fan. The characters were very quirky but not in the endearing way that they were in A Dirty Job. However, I was reading the author's notes after the book and it made it sound like some of these characters had come from others of his earlier stories, so maybe if I was familiar with these characters, I would have liked it more.

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    ― Deanna Kyre said on Aug 25, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • I'm not quite halfway through this yet. I hear tell there are some zombies here, but I have yet to see them... Still, a very funny Christmas horror story. What more could you ask for?

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    ― dalai lala said on Dec 28, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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