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A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

This book described badly: a grieving, single father finds Goth and becomes an unwilling cult icon.

This is my favorite Christopher Moore book. Christopher Moore is pretty reliable, but I think with this one his character writing stands out.

Relatable and emotionally honest journey of a new-minted single father coping with grief, raising a baby, and making ends meet, all while growing into the all-too-shabby mantel of becoming the new Grim Reaper.

I particularly love how a great deal of the important tension comes from running his shop.

It’s a lot of fun to watch a sympathetically relatable normal dude deal with four interesting life problems in a compelling way:

• raising a child
• grieving the loss of his wife
• running a small business!
• and accepting he’s the grim reaper

Good book. Would recommend.

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