false <![CDATA[Practical Demonkeeping]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168444147m/33457.jpg 33457 20 <p>In Christopher Moore's ingenious debut novel, we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature. The good-looking one is one-hundred-year-old ex-seminarian and "roads" scholar Travis O'Hearn. The green one is Catch, a demon with a nasty habit of eating most of the people he meets. Behind the fake Tudor façade of Pine Cove, California, Catch sees a four-star buffet. Travis, on the other hand, thinks he sees a way of ridding himself of his toothy traveling companion. The winos, neo-pagans, and deadbeat Lotharios of Pine Cove, meanwhile, have other ideas. And none of them is quite prepared when all hell breaks loose.</p> 2915038 1992 Practical Demonkeeping total:4559|5:885|4:1820|3:1564|2:266|1:24| 4559 16953 6117 319 4 2 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Oct 25 13:07:40 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 16:29:10 -0700 2007 T...more...]]> 2 3 false false Sun Aug 26 15:44:14 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 18:29:04 -0700 2007 this book. was. bad.

so effing bad there must be a logical explanation for it. the logical explanation is: christopher moore, you used to be a very stinky writer. i'm not sure what happened between "practical demonkeeping" and "a dirty job", but i'm g...more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Aug 29 06:49:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 06:52:01 -0700 2008 5 2 true false Sun Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 20:04:29 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 20:05:59 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Fri Apr 25 10:33:17 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 11:58:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Mar 04 12:39:01 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 02 07:13:04 -0800 2009 Granted, this is Moore's first book, but really, I think it's a good example of how I feel about his work in general someti...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 18:45:22 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 19:23:42 -0800 2009 The Stupidest Angel Version 2.0, I had real trouble putting it down to eat, sleep, and get on with thi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:32:49 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:39:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 14:43:18 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 14:50:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 09:29:28 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 09:33:53 -0700 2009
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Most sources on the author describe him as an absurdist and/or a humanist author. Terry Pratchett...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Jun 25 15:07:27 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 09:07:05 -0700 2008
I was hooked from pretty much the first page of "Practical...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=33457