I shoved him back­ward over the cliff and caught the end of the sash as it tight­ened around the branch. The sash twanged when it took his weight and his neck snapped with the sound of a knuckle crack­ing. I let go of the sash and Judas’ body fell into the dark­ness. The boom of thun­der con­cealed the sound of impact.
Excerpt from Lamb: The Gospel Accord­ing to Biff, Christ’s Child­hood Pal

Lamb is about Jesus’ life as told by his best-​friend, Biff, who has been brought back to life by Raziel the air­head Angel. Appar­ently the Bible is in dire need of revi­sion and the powers that be wanted Biffs’ view on the sub­ject. Lamb doc­u­ments the early years of their lives, grow­ing up and Jesus learn­ing to use his God-​given powers. His teens and early man­hood are also doc­u­mented, as Biff and the son of God travel to China, India, and beyond so that Jesus can learn how to be the best that he can be. The last days are also cov­ered in immense, if not depress­ing detail.

This was the first book I had read by Mr. Moore, but I can assure you that it will not be the last. It has very strong dialog which kept me engaged and enter­tained from start to finish. I found the story both past and present day excep­tion­ally witty and well-​written. The detail pro­vided through­out the book about every­thing is impres­sive but not over the top, which allows for your imag­i­na­tion to have some fun. I devoured the book in a matter of days because I can assure you that once you start read­ing, it’s impos­si­ble to put down. Moore easily man­aged to suck me in and hook me from about 3 pages into the first chap­ter. It’s rare that I’m so engaged by a book so quickly but Moore did it with ease.

I’ll have to men­tion that though fan­tas­tic, this book is not for every­one. For one it deals with a lot of Jesus’ life story which goes largely undoc­u­mented. If you’re the type of person who frowns upon the pos­si­bil­ity of blas­phemy, do your­self a favor and avoid this one. If how­ever you are open-​minded and enjoy read­ing some­thing that bor­ders on the ridicu­lous, this one’s for you.

It’s worth pick­ing up folks, plain and simple. I cannot give enough acco­lades to Christo­pher Moores’ abil­ity to make you laugh and cry within pages of each other. Lamb is a solid read, and should be sought after by everyone.

10/10