false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168444146m/33456.jpg 33456 19 Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy. A little hapless, somewhat neurotic, sort of a hypochondriac. He's what's known as a Beta Male: the kind of fellow who makes his way through life by being careful and constant -- you know, the one who's always there to pick up the pieces when the girl gets dumped by the bigger/taller/stronger Alpha Male. But Charlie's been lucky. He owns a building in the heart of San Francisco, and runs a secondhand store with the help of a couple of loyal, if marginally insane, employees. He's married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. And she, Rachel, is about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay for a Beta. That is, until the day his daughter, Sophie, is born. Just as Charlie -- exhausted from the birth -- turns to go home, he sees a strange man in mint-green golf wear at Rachel's hospital 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, giant ravens perch on his building, and 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. Christopher Moore, the man whose <i>Lamb</i> served up Jesus' "missing years" (with the funny parts left in), and whose <i>Fluke</i> found the deep humor in whale researchers' lives, now shines his comic light on the undiscovered country we <i>all</i> eventually explore -- death and dying -- and the results are hilarious, heartwarming, and a hell of a lot of fun. 3258721 21 3 2006 A Dirty Job total:9587|5:3358|4:4055|3:1776|2:317|1:81| 9587 39053 12959 1612 4 9 false false Fri Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jan 31 06:44:03 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 04:52:39 -0800 2008
"When Alpha Males set out to conquer neighboring tribes, to count coups and take heads, Beta Males could see in advance that in the event of victory, the influx of female slaves was going to leave a surplus of mateless women cast o...more...]]> 5 6 false false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 14:26:25 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 21:24:39 -0700 2008 5 3 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 15 08:14:48 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 07:45:15 -0800 2008
I'm not going to re-hash the plot; I doubt that I co...more...]]> 3 3 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 13:32:13 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 05:26:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Thu Jun 26 12:15:47 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 21:51:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 true false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 20:27:19 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 22:14:18 -0700 2008 A Dirty Job did exactly that and was just what the mortician ordered when it came to relieving stress and just ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 22:04:08 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 16:34:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 04 04:03:04 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 27 05:57:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 28 23:18:38 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 25 13:39:48 -0700 2009 1 5 1 false false Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 06:54:46 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 09:46:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 08:35:13 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 13:16:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 28 10:46:16 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 10:57:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 22:44:57 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 11:15:54 -0800 2008 You Suck I think you would like this. I'm not sure if the author was trying to have a "twist ending" or if it was just ir...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 07 08:55:51 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 17 17:02:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 true false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 08:31:44 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 14:13:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 00:23:14 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 00:38:50 -0700 2007
The book started off with great premise: for some unknown reason a guy assumes the office/duties of DEATH. It was reminiscent of "On a Pale Horse" by ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Aug 05 17:31:16 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 06:32:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 08:24:53 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 12:26:18 -0700 2007
If you're familiar with Christopher Moore's work - particularly some of his earlier novels - then you'll recognize the style of this story immediately. His penchant for having subtle cross-overs continues here as some characters from "Blood-suckin...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 17 18:26:40 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 18:29:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 21:00:05 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 10:03:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=33456