an upcoming book review

by D.O.

I’m currently in the early stages of a book that I can already tell I won’t be able to justly review. Not even close.

Christopher Moore’s, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal is already the funniest book I’ve ever read, and I’m only 60-something pages in. I’ll share with you the excerpt that literally caused me to laugh uncontrollably the other night as I attempted to read myself to sleep:

And so it went. I’m not sure I took to playing the villains as easily as Joshua [Jesus] took to being the heroes. Sometimes we recruited our little brothers to play the more loathsome parts. Joshua’s little brothers Judah and James played whole populations, like the Sodomites outside of Lot’s door.

“Send out those two angels so that we can know them.”

“I won’t do that,” I said, playing Lot (a good guy only because Joshua wanted to play the angels), “but I have two daughters who don’t know anyone, you can meet them.”

“Okay,” said Judah.

I threw open the door and led my imaginary daughters outside so they could know the Sodomites…

“Pleased to meet you.”

“Charmed, I’m sure.”

“Nice to meet you.”

“THAT’S NOT HOW IT GOES!” Joshua shouted. “You’re supposed to try to break the door down, then I will smite you blind.”

“Then you destroy our city?” James said.

“Yes.”

“We’d rather meet Lot’s daughters.”

“Let my people go,” said Joshua, who was only four and often got his stories confused…

Seriously? The fact that someone can write something about 100 words long and cause me to react that way I did in just unbelievable. I seriously couldn’t stop laughing at the thought of Biff introducing his imaginary daughters to Jesus’ brothers. Brilliant.

So, be looking for the least worthy of all my book review in the weeks (or months) to come.