Josh (Christ), is ready for the world to read the 30 gap left out of the bible. Who better to tell his story than someone who was there and his best friend. Levi who the call Biff, is brought back from the dead by a angel who is none...none too bright, so Biff can get to work on his scripture.
We read about Josh's childhood. Romans have oppressed the Jews of Nazareth for a very long time. Everyone is tired of the controlling Romans, but only Josh and Biff have the balls to actually do anything about it. Really though, this story is about Josh coming to terms with being the son of god, (which he actually takes in stride), preparing himself mentally for his destiny. NOT losing his patience when Biff opens his big fat mouth, and gets them both in to trouble with Biff's sarcasm. On a related note: no one except Biff can claim to be punched in the face by our savior. Three times that I remember. In Josh's defense he lasted a lot longer than anyone would have. You can only handle hearing so many times about how your best friend will allow you to call him dad once your mom's husband finally croaks and he can FINALLY marry her.
Maggie (Mary), has a huge crush on Josh. Both Josh and Biff have a crush on Maggie. Only Biff is willing to act on it, but Maggie has very little interest in Biff. She wants Josh. Sadly for Maggie, Josh has taken a vow of celibacy. A vow Biff tries to talk Josh out of quite often.
John the Baptist is a crazy mofo who believes he is the messiah, that is until Josh and Biff come along. How does this go about? Biff tells John and angel came down and said Josh was it. To this John is pretty much "Oh. Okay, that's awesome. Can I follow you guys?" Wait. What?
By his teens, Josh knows that he was born to die for our sins. Biff and Maggie, on the other hand, has a hard time accepting this and do everything in their power to keep the inevitable from happening.
Anything beyond what I've already wrote will just take away from the book itself. I'm not sure if I've made this book sound blasphemous or not. It really is not. At least I don't think it is. Biff's humor might be a little raunchy at times, but Josh sets off the humor with his level head and trying to talk sense in to Biff. Oh, and telling him on occasion to shut his big mouth. It almost never works, but he tries.
I digress. I say this about so few books, but it's amazing. So amazing in fact, I own three different copies (One that is pictured above and signed by Christopher Moore. I will have it buried with me when I die.).
It's obvious Christopher Moore took a lot of time researching the bible and the Tanakh before writing this. Most of the actual historical moments and situations in this story are dead on.
I love Biff and Josh's friendship. They love each other as only best friend's can. But, they also drive each other bat shit crazy. Biff is always talking about how he wants to bang Josh's mom. Which, understandably, annoys Josh to no end. Josh is always putting others needs before himself. Which annoys Biff. They are two opposites that work well together.
There is almost no real romance to speak of other than with Maggie and the guys. I guess you could count Biff's brief relationship with a hooker in India. She did teach him all about the Karmasutra. If that's not love, I don't know what is.
This book has a bit of everything. Action. Adventure. Lots of humor. A tiny bit of romance. Heartbreak. Heart felt moments. Friendship. What is not to love.
If anyone is looking to laugh out loud, then I urge you to give this book a try. You wont regret it.
10000000/5
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