![]() ![]() – Could do without the characterizations of subservient Asian concubines and “creepy” bloodthirsty Hindus. – Jokester sidekick schtick is getting annoying – Biff certainly seems to have a lot of sex even though he’s only 13 Together they go on a long journey to visit the three Magi, each of who prepares Joshua for his role as the Messiah. He knows Joshua is special but he also keeps him grounded. Biff is a wise-cracking but loyal friend to Joshua. Jesus-called Joshua in the book-is an adolescent when the book opens and he is struggling with how to be the Messiah. Biff is indignant that he is never mentioned in the New Testament and strives to fill out the missing story. Jesus’ childhood friend Biff-born Levi-is resurrected and commanded by a soap-opera loving angel to write an account of Jesus’ life before the age of 30. Sitting on my shelf for many a year, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal is a humorous and disappointing novel about Jesus’ life by Christopher Moore. ![]()
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