Jesus’ childhood, it turns out, was like that of most Jewish kids of his day (Moore offers much rich historical detail here), except he was the Messiah. Raziel quickly becomes hooked on TV soaps, while Biff, grumbling, sets to work. Louis with the angel Raziel, who is there to insure that he gets the writing job done. Biff is resurrected and locked in a hotel suite in St. The conceit is this: In 2001, Jesus decides that someone should write the missing gospel of his childhood, and he selects Levi-called Biff-the wisecracking companion and alter ego of his youth. Moore ( Blood Sucking Fiends, 1995, etc.) has penned an amusing tale guaranteed deeply to offend all right-thinking Christians. An audacious and irreverent novel about Jesus’ childhood seen through the eyes of his best pal.
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