I present to you, A Dirty Job, by none other than Christopher Moore.įor one, the longer you read it, the more you come to realize that the entire thing is a descent into madness and pure silliness… for instance, the conclusion involves the appearance of creatures that are fourteen inches in height, made out of animal skulls and various remains, wearing clothes from the eighteenth century. Of course, the job doesn’t come without a catch (other than all the death), as the souls happen to be quite valuable and desirable commodities for other demons, devils and whatnot, forcing Charlie to spend his working days fighting the forces of darkness all while putting stop to murderous schemes to murder his family. One day, however, a strange phenomenon manifests itself around Charlie, and simply refuses to leave: people around him simply start to drop dead without any reason.Īs the dark phenomenon explains it to Charlie, he has been recruited as a sort of death merchant, tasked with retrieving the souls of dead people by appropriating their most valued possessions. He is a successful young man living with the love of his life, and he’s expecting his first child to pop out soon. The story of Charlie Asher is a rather average one.
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