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Book Review of Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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This book is absolutely hysterical! I won't be re-posting, as this is one I will keep to lend out and re-read. The story is that Levi "Biff", having been left out of the bible, is resurrected in present times to write his own gospel. Since the bible jumps from Jesus Christ being a child of about twelve to a man of thirty without any explanation of the interim years, Biff decides that he is going to fill in the details of what happened during that time, since he was there. The story follows Jesus and Biff on a quest to find the three wise men that attended Christ's birth, to learn what they can teach him about becoming the messiah. It's funny, touching, fascinating, intelligent, and not so irreverent that I think most people wouldn't really enjoy it. I would recommend this to anyone!