Lamb: The
Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore (4)
This book
was one of the rare ones that got a unanimous rating of 4 from the book club. Everyone enjoyed this light-hearted look at
the childhood of Jesus and his attempts to understand how to be a good messiah,
as told by his irreverent best friend and protector, Biff. Chris Moore has done something unique in
writing glibly about the process of becoming the messiah without questioning
that Jesus was the Son of God. We agreed
this is likely why he did not face the wrath of many when this book originally
came out. In fact it was refreshing to
think of Jesus in such realistic terms: he always seems to have more wisdom
than Biff (not hard), but has whimsy and innocence appropriate of a young
man. The number of laugh out loud
moments in this book are too numerous to name, though one of my favorites (in
addition to Biff introducing the theories of gravity and evolution) was how,
when traveling in India looking for one of the Magi, Jesus would poke the
Untouchables and giggle. If you want a good story that will make you smile and
laugh, this is it. But make sure to read it with someone else, so that you can
share all the funny bits!
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