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I read this book for one of my book groups, and everyone enjoyed its light-hearted humor and original story (the people who listened to it said the audio version was great). If sexual references and the “f” word offend you, you might want to steer clear of Moore’s book, but otherwise, A Dirty Job is a hilarious, silly, and oddly heart-warming book about the age-old battle of good versus evil, as fought by a Beta Male. Best of all, A Dirty Job is populated with an unusual and very amusing cast of supporting characters, including the young Goth girl, Lily, who works in Charlie’s store Charlie’s lesbian sister who is constantly borrowing his suits and two older women – one from China and one from Russia – who help to take care of Sophie. Moore’s wacky sense of humor pervades the entire book, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments that compel you to read sections out loud to whoever happens to be sitting near you. Adventure and mayhem follow as Charlie tries to figure out exactly what his role is in this new job, while also bringing up and trying to protect Sophie.

Soon, Charlie begins to notice strange things happening around him – giant ravens perched on buildings, eerie voices calling to him from the sewers, a strange man dressed in green that no one can see except Charlie, and people dying everywhere Charlie goes.Ĭharlie has been recruited for a new job he never wanted but can’t turn down: Death. “She’s looking at me like I blew her college money at the track and now she’s going to have to turn tricks to get her MBA.”” He just hasn’t slept for a couple of days.” In Rachel’s room, Charlie said: “If they removed her tail, I want it. He’d been asked to leave the delivery room, first by the ob-gyn and finally by Rachel. “”You could have removed her tail in the delivery room, and we’d never know.” He didn’t know. The story begins with the birth of his daughter, Sophie, and Charlie’s typical terrified Beta Male reaction as he drives the nurses crazy with his suspicion that Sophie was born with a tail because he’s sure he saw one on the sonogram: Charlie owns and runs a second-hand store in San Francisco that his father left him. Moore describes Charlie as a Beta Male: the sort of average, slightly neurotic, careful and steady guy who is always coming in second to the Alpha Males. Christopher Moore is known for writing funny and irreverent novels about strange topics, and A Dirty Job is no exception.Ĭharlie Asher is an average guy who loves his wife, Rachel, and is looking forward to the birth of his first child.

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