Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 12/5/2009 + 1180 more book reviews

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I really enjoyed this alternate gospel of the Christ story. When I first started reading this, I thought it was going to be a blasphemous retelling of the story but it's really not. All of the miracles, deeds, and basic goodness of Joshua (Jesus) remain -- retold by his best friend Levi (called Biff) in a very humorous and, in my view, realistic manner. There were definitely some laugh out loud moments in the story and humor dominates throughout, but what I really liked was how Moore tried to fill in the 30-year gap in Jesus' history. Joshua's and Biff's journey to China and India in search of the 3 wise men kept my interest and could have been a reasonable explanation for the 30-year gap in the story. This is the second Moore novel I have read - the first was Fluke which I also enjoyed. I'll be looking out for more of Moore.

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