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ISBN: | 0060590270 (ISBN13: 9780060590277) |
Edition Language: | English URL http://www.chrismoore.com/dirty_job.html |
Series: | Grim Reaper #1 |
Characters: | Charlie Asher, Minty Fresh, Ray Macy, Jane Asher |
Setting: | San Francisco, California(United States) |
Literary Awards: | The Quill Award for General Fiction (2006) |

Christopher Moore
Hardcover | Pages: 387 pages Rating: 4.07 | 99498 Users | 6484 Reviews
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Title | : | A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper #1) |
Author | : | Christopher Moore |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 387 pages |
Published | : | March 21st 2006 by William Morrow |
Categories | : | Humor. Fiction. Fantasy. Comedy. Paranormal. Urban Fantasy. Audiobook |
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Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new position: as Death.It's a dirty job, but hey! Somebody's got to do it.
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This is a lot of silliness blended with charm and heart and it could just be what the doctor ordered. The medicine was strong for me. I can only take so much laughing in one sitting, and the drug starts to lose its power. The madcap plot takes you over the top into a land where a bumbling sweetheart Charlie Asher, a junk dealer, becomes some sort of assistant to Death. It takes him awhile to figure out his assignment as communications were bollixed. Hes the owner of Ashers Secondhand Store inIt's hard enough to be a parent that you also have to be Death incarnate.One day you are a parent trying hard to make things work, the next thing you know, you receive the big book of the dead and unwillingly become a taker of souls. Charlie Asher is a highly insecure owner of a modest second hand shop, has a little baby girl named Sophie, and now, he is a reluctant part time grim reaper. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. The big book clearly warns it: Don't screw it up! But when
Yeah... I'm counting the Squirrel People as zombies. Adorable, perfectly dressed little animal-part zombies. Anyway. I chose this book for my upcoming Real-Life Bookclub because, well... It's Christopher Moore. He makes me laugh, and since this bookclub happens to fall the day after my 31st birthday, I figured some laughing was in order. Because otherwise, there would be crying. Lots, and lots of crying. (Side note. I have stumbled across a surefire way to tell when you're "old". Watch 15

4.0 stars. This was the first Christopher Moore story I ever read and did not know exactly what to expect. I was laughing out loud in the first 10 pages (the opening hospital scene was just great). The main character is Charlie Asher, self-described "beta-male" who owns a second-hand store in San Francisco. Following the unexpected death of his wife, Charlie takes on a new job, that of retrieving the souls of the dying with hilarious results. Smart and very funny but also emotionally touching.
After the birth of his daughter, Charlie Asher, mild-mannered Beta Male, finds his life upended--and not just because he's become a new father. Through a strange course of events, he finds that he has been selected to be a Death Merchant, harvesting the souls of the dead and helping them on their journey to transcendence. The job, unfortunately, comes with a shit-ton of problems, such as being suspected of murder; hellhounds unexpectedly manifesting in his home; sewer harpies taunting him at
A twisted tale about death. For those who might be offended, the "F..."word is used as often as the word "the". It didn't offend me but it got really boring after awhile. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Fisher Stevens and he was ok.It had its funny parts and was certainly unique but overall I thought that it was just OK. I like weird but it got monotonous.My favorite character was the little girl Sophie. I'll leave you with a word "kitty".
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