A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

A DIRTY JOB
by Christopher Moore
Pub. Date: March 2006
Genre: Fiction
400pp

Synopsis from BN.com:
Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy, the kind of fellow who makes his way through life by being careful and constant. And Charlie's been lucky. He's married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy, and who is about to have their first child.

Yes, Charlie's doing okay. That is, until the day his daughter, Sophie, is born. Just as Charlie turns to go home, he sees a strange man in mint-green golf wear at his wife's bedside, a man who claims that no one should be able to see him. But see him Charlie does, and from here on out, things get really weird. . . .

People start dropping dead around him. It seems that everywhere he goes, a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Strange names start appearing on his nightstand notepad, and before he knows it, those people end up dead, too. Yup, it seems that Charlie Asher has been recruited for a new job, an unpleasant but utterly necessary one: Death. It's a dirty job. But hey, somebody's gotta do it.

Bestselling author Christopher Moore now shines his comic light on the undiscovered country we all eventually explore — death and dying — and the results are hilarious, heartwarming, and a hell of a lot of fun.

Why I Picked It:
I was actually waiting for Lamb to become available through Paperbackswap.com and this one caught my eye.

My Review:
This is totally different than most books I read. Because most books I read are somewhat lodged in a reality you and I exist within, but then again, those books aren't usually HI-LAR-IOUS. This was totally inventive, comical, and endearing. Though, like usual, I found a lot of trouble finding time to read, when I did get a chance to just sit down, the pages were flipping quickly.

You have to appreciate biting sarcasm, offbeat wit combined with a spot on understanding of human nature. This is my first romp with a Christopher Moore novel. The cover alone was so weird I had to pick it up, and I am glad for the experience. His name is now going to be permanently etched on my "must read more" list.

It's funny... like bear. (LOL, you have to read the book to get it!)