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 gotta do it.
Industry Reviews
"One of the antic Moore's funniest capers yet." -- Kirkus Reviews "Outlandishly funny." -- Syracuse Post-Standard "[A] wonderful, whacked-out yarn." -- Publishers Weekly "Makes you laugh in the face of death." -- Rocky Mountain News "Hilarious yet poignant." -- Hartford Courant Hilarious yet poignant. --Hartford Courant Outlandishly funny. --Syracuse Post-Standard "My top pick for laugh-out-loud reading . . . dark, dark, dark and funny, funny, funny."--Sarasota Herald-Tribune "[Moore] is superb in this mock epic of death and love. Smart people will be enormously amused."--Library Journal (starred review) "[Moore's] most speculative, tripped-out and deeply felt book to date."--The Oregonian (Portland) "[A] wonderful, whacked-out yarn."--Publishers Weekly "To keep a straight face while reading this book, one would have to be dead already ... Grade: A."--Rocky Mountain News "Makes you laugh in the face of death."--Rocky Mountain News "Moore's signature tossed-off humor is in full effect, and it's easy to care about his warm, lumpy, honest characters."--Entertainment Weekly "Dizzyingly inventive and hypnotically engaging, A DIRTY JOB is . . . like no other book I've ever read."--Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Son of a Witch "One of the antic Moore's funniest capers yet."--Kirkus Reviews "Death, of course, is not usually a funny subject, but in the hands of Christopher Moore it sure is."--Hartford Courant "[A DIRTY JOB] will keep a smile on your face long after you put it down."--Cleveland Plain Dealer "A bravura mix of the familiar and the hilariously original."--Denver Post "Outstanding . . . The dialogue follows a zany illogic worthy of the Marx brothers."--Washington Post Book World "Outlandishly funny."--Syracuse Post-Standard "Hilarious yet poignant."--Hartford Courant Makes you laugh in the face of death. --Rocky Mountain News" [Moore] is superb in this mock epic of death and love. Smart people will be enormously amused. --Library Journal (starred review)" My top pick for laugh-out-loud reading . . . dark, dark, dark and funny, funny, funny. --Sarasota Herald-Tribune" Hilarious yet poignant. --Hartford Courant" Outlandishly funny. --Syracuse Post-Standard" One of the antic Moore s funniest capers yet. --Kirkus Reviews" Dizzyingly inventive and hypnotically engaging, A DIRTY JOB is . . . like no other book I ve ever read. --Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Son of a Witch" [A] wonderful, whacked-out yarn. --Publishers Weekly" Moore s signature tossed-off humor is in full effect, and it s easy to care about his warm, lumpy, honest characters. --Entertainment Weekly" To keep a straight face while reading this book, one would have to be dead already ... Grade: A. --Rocky Mountain News" [Moore s] most speculative, tripped-out and deeply felt book to date. --The Oregonian (Portland)" A bravura mix of the familiar and the hilariously original. --Denver Post" [A DIRTY JOB] will keep a smile on your face long after you put it down. --Cleveland Plain Dealer" Outstanding . . . The dialogue follows a zany illogic worthy of the Marx brothers. --Washington Post Book World" Death, of course, is not usually a funny subject, but in the hands of Christopher Moore it sure is. --Hartford Courant"
