A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

A Dirty Job

A Novel

Christopher Moore

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 27, 2007

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy.

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Who it’s for
A gritty comic mash-up that keeps the pace brisk and the tone cheerfully off-kilter.
Genres
Urban Fantasy, Humorous Fantasy, The Occult & Supernatural
Published
HarperCollins, March 27, 2007

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About this book

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new position: as Death. It's a dirty job. But, hey! Somebody's gotta do it.

Grit with a Wink

A gritty comic mash-up that keeps the pace brisk and the tone cheerfully off-kilter.

Come here for

  • hard-boiled snap with a comic wink
  • edgy, sustained read

Expect

  • mystery friction with fantasy detours
  • dark humor, not gentle

Where it sits

Humorous Fantasy55%
Urban Fantasy37%
The Occult & Supernatural27%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • American Plays
  • Contemporary Fantasy
  • Paranormal Fantasy
  • Humorous Fantasy
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  • Funny Fiction
  • The Occult & Supernatural
  • Contemporary Romance
  • Fantasy Romance
Authors
Christopher Moore
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
March 27, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
American Plays