About the Author

Christopher Moore is the author of seventeen previous novels, including Shakespeare for Squirrels, Noir, Secondhand Souls, Sacr� Bleu, Fool, and Lamb. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Reviews

"Makes you laugh in the face of death." -- Rocky Mountain News"[Moore] is superb in this mock epic of death and love. Smart people will be enormously amused." -- Library Journal (starred review)"My top pick for laugh-out-loud reading . . . dark, dark, dark and funny, funny, funny." -- Sarasota Herald-Tribune"Hilarious yet poignant." -- Hartford Courant"Outlandishly funny." -- Syracuse Post-Standard"One of the antic Moore's funniest capers yet." -- Kirkus Reviews"Dizzyingly inventive and hypnotically engaging, A DIRTY JOB is . . . like no other book I've ever read." -- Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Son of a Witch"[A] wonderful, whacked-out yarn." -- Publishers Weekly"Moore's signature tossed-off humor is in full effect, and it's easy to care about his warm, lumpy, honest characters." -- Entertainment Weekly"To keep a straight face while reading this book, one would have to be dead already ... Grade: A." -- Rocky Mountain News"[Moore's] most speculative, tripped-out and deeply felt book to date." -- The Oregonian (Portland)"A bravura mix of the familiar and the hilariously original." -- Denver Post"[A DIRTY JOB] will keep a smile on your face long after you put it down." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer"Outstanding . . . The dialogue follows a zany illogic worthy of the Marx brothers." -- Washington Post Book World"Death, of course, is not usually a funny subject, but in the hands of Christopher Moore it sure is." -- Hartford Courant

"Makes you laugh in the face of death." -- Rocky Mountain News"[Moore] is superb in this mock epic of death and love. Smart people will be enormously amused." -- Library Journal (starred review)"My top pick for laugh-out-loud reading . . . dark, dark, dark and funny, funny, funny." -- Sarasota Herald-Tribune"Hilarious yet poignant." -- Hartford Courant"Outlandishly funny." -- Syracuse Post-Standard"One of the antic Moore's funniest capers yet." -- Kirkus Reviews"Dizzyingly inventive and hypnotically engaging, A DIRTY JOB is . . . like no other book I've ever read." -- Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Son of a Witch"[A] wonderful, whacked-out yarn." -- Publishers Weekly"Moore's signature tossed-off humor is in full effect, and it's easy to care about his warm, lumpy, honest characters." -- Entertainment Weekly"To keep a straight face while reading this book, one would have to be dead already ... Grade: A." -- Rocky Mountain News"[Moore's] most speculative, tripped-out and deeply felt book to date." -- The Oregonian (Portland)"A bravura mix of the familiar and the hilariously original." -- Denver Post"[A DIRTY JOB] will keep a smile on your face long after you put it down." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer"Outstanding . . . The dialogue follows a zany illogic worthy of the Marx brothers." -- Washington Post Book World"Death, of course, is not usually a funny subject, but in the hands of Christopher Moore it sure is." -- Hartford Courant