Review: Lamb: The Gospel According to Bif, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Summary: The title says it all. This is a humorous account of Christ’s growing up years, as recounted by Jesus’s childhood friend, Bif. The story takes Joshua of Nazareth from Nazareth to a Buddhist temple in China and back and fills in on the parts of the gospel that were left out.

The good: I actually don’t really have much in the way of criticism for this book. It was very well-written, IMO, and extremely funny. Also, not that I’m a biblical scholar, but it seems as if Moore actually did do his research, and the funny anachronisms scattered throughout the book were meant to be there. I didn’t really have any quibbles with the book, and would definitely recommend it.