A Dirty Job : A Novel

“Mr. Moore is seriously wicked about humor. . . . [He’s] clearly the unhinged Hiaasen. He’s Daily Show–funny and willing to subvert anything.”—Janet Maslin, New York Times

The modern master of comic satire, Christopher Moore delivers a hilarious and heartwarming story in which the ultimate beta male—the kind of guy who got thrown into the gene pool by being very, very careful, and very, very prepared—takes a nosedive into the deep end of uncertainty when he’s unwittingly recruited for a new job: Death. It’s a dirty job. But hey, somebody’s got to do it. . . .

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