![]() One dogged with all the uncertainties that come with the knowledge that he is to be the saviour of humanity. A very special boy, but a boy nonetheless. Moore strips down all the reverence that surrounds Jesus Christ and shows him as a young boy. He also doesn’t have a deceitful bone in his body, which makes life just a tad difficult for Biff because he’s the one who has to cover up Josh’s various miracles and treasonous talk. ![]() Joshua is, as you would imagine, a very sensitive, sweet-mannered kid. It’s a “what if.” What if Jesus had had a best friend named Biff? What dumb kid-things would they have done? What adventures would they have led? What pains would they have shared? It’s not a fantasy (well, it’s mostly not fantasy–we do meet a singing yeti at one point). Because Biff has been unfairly redacted out of the Bible and Christopher Moore has kindly inserted him back and given him a chance to fill in the crucial missing years of Jesus (who is called “Joshua”) between the age of six and thirty. Well, my friend, that’s where you’re wrong. ![]() “I may be an unapologetic heathen who’s never come within ten feet of a Bible, but even I know there’s no mention of anyone called BIFF.” “Whoa–whoa, wait a minute,” you might say. It’s Jesus Christ: The Origin told through the eyes of Levi bar Alphaeus, who is called Biff, who just happens to be Jesus Christ’s best friend. Lamb is a coming-of-age story like no other. I’m not going to make a frequent habit of reviewing books that are more than 10 years old, but occasionally one will come along that makes me sit up and sing its praises. Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Humour, Fantasy Title: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
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