Lamb

The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

By: Christopher Moore

Narrated by: Fisher Stevens

Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his 30th birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years - except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in this divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work, "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" ( Philadelphia Inquirer).

Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more (except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdalan) and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.

©2002 Christopher Moore (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Moore...gets style points for his wild imagination as Biff recalls his journey with Jesus...into and out of the clutches of Balthasar, then into a Buddhist monastery in China and finally off to India, where they dabble in the spiritual and erotic aspects of Hinduism. The author gets more serious in his climax, offering a relatively straightforward, heartfelt account of the Passion and Christ's final days that includes an intriguing spin on how the Resurrection might have happened." (Publishers Weekly)
"An instant classic...terrific, funny, and poignant." (Rocky Mountain News)

Lot's of fun

Fun, entertaining and different. Only thing is I wish there were more to this as it needs to be a series.

Fantastic

This book has gotten 2 different friends of mine into reading and that should be all I have to say

Great!

Hands down, this one of my most. favorite books. Satirical and hilarious! I highly recommend it.

Irreverance - The Ultimate Form of Flattery

If you could sum up Lamb in three words, what would they be?

Not possible in three words. I could write 3000 and it would not be enough. You have to experience this book.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Lamb?

God doesn't care about bacon.

What does Fisher Stevens bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

A fantastic ability to audibly portray sarcasm or maybe that was irony, no...really I mean it.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, but life gets in the way.

This book made me a better Christian

I know many would find this book offensive, and it's not difficult to see why, but the unique perspective this book offers is very necessary in a world 2,000 years after Jesus (or should I say Joshua) walked the earth. We get so caught up in rituals and sacraments that we forget that he was human, and in time, we forget about the humans around us as well. It's important to remember that he was a man, and that's what makes his sacrifice so special. He had friends, he had family, and most importantly, he had choices. He could have taken himself off the road to the cross at any time, but he stayed on for us. For me. Never before has the story of his life impacted me so much. I have read, heard, and seen his life and death depicted so many times. This was the only time I openly, uncontrollably wept.

Great performance by everyone but the editor

I read the book before and really liked it. Christopher Moore is great at injecting funny into serious topics and sections and it’s a great recording of the book but some sections of the book seemed clipped off and abruptly crashes into the new section which felt very jarring. Still worth a listen because the narrator is great with voices but it is oddly edited.

Best Narrator! Great Story!

I wish Fisher Stevens would do more narration of audio books because he's such an awesome performer! He actually did approximately 60 different characters! THAT'S talent! I read out loud to kids for years and coming up with different voices on the spot wasn't always easy.
I don't care for books with multiple narrators because when I was little and had books read to me, it was by one person. Too many different voices by many people is like going to see a play but you close your eyes for the show. It's distracting.
I also love Fisher Stevens' voice; I've read other reviews that say his voice is too low or raspy, but I like that it's so distinctive! That's another reason his narration is awesome.
Christopher Moore wrote an epic here and the research must have taken a year to learn the facts about religion and geography and culture. His books always get many listens from me.

Really good twist on Jesus

Really good view point on who the real guy behind Jesus could have been. Funny, adventurous, and insightful.

Enjoyed the audio book more than print

A friend of mine gave me this book several years ago and he gave it a raving review. I really found the first 1/3 of the book to be extremely funny, the next 1/3 okay, but I just couldn't finish it. Saw the audio book on sale and decided to give it another try. Again, I found the first half of the book to be hilarious and struggled a little with the second half, but overall, a decent listen.

5 Hearts

By far my favorite book by Christopher Moore, and Fisher Stephens does a phenomenal job in story telling