I’M READING AS FAST AS I CAN: OCTOBER 2008 EDITION

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Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
You know about the birth of Jesus, and you know what he did after age 30, but what happened in between? To hear Moore tell it, a lot of sex, demons, yeti and kung fu training. The story is genius: Jesus’ longtime (but not that bright) childhood friend Biff is raised from the dead to write the full story of Jesus, which includes going to Asia to hunt down the three wise men for his Messiah training. It’s the funniest account of Jesus I’ve ever read, and so full of teh blasphemy I’m surprised every right-wing Christian group in America hasn’t put a fatwa out on Moore for this. Wonderful, even though technically you already know how it ends.

JUST STARTED

The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
I loved The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier And Klay, but not The Final Solution, so this is a chance for Chabon to win me back. Twenty pages in, he’s already done it. Developing ...

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