Moore was recommended to me by a friend a long, long time ago. She recommended this based on our mutual like of Tom Robbins. While not as deep and philosophical as Robbins, I find him every bit as entertaining. Funny, and often times out of left field, his writings easily allow you to forget the world around you and immerse yourself in some good, off-the-wall humor. This book is simply funny. No diatribes about the president, or the pope, or politics of any sort. Just left-field humor.

The story is out of nowhere. The Lust Lizard is obviously a major part of the story; by looking at the cover of the book you know you're not getting a believable narrative by any stretch of the imagination. An enormous green lizard with a human foot sticking out of its mouth graces the cover. I think that's a good first step towards reading this book. If you enjoy laughing and the thought of a giant green lizard with a foot sticking out of its mouth doesn't turn you off, then this could very well be to your liking.

I blew through it in no time. It was so good I went out and got 2 more from this author and look forward to them both. In general, I try to read deeper stuff than this. But as a nice break, this is as good as it gets when you need to get away from heavy reading. I'm glad this book managed to make its way to the top of my reading pile. It was clearly worth the read.

Highly recommended.

Delightfully funny and a very easy read, it is really an enjoyable work of escape fiction. Moore's sense of humor is so similar to my own, that I catch myself laughing out loud at many of the witticisms and having people stare at me wondering what's wrong. Perhaps I see too much of myself in Molly (though I've never starred in B-movies), but the sections concerning her were hilarious. I think I need to go buy a Warrior Babe costume now.

I truly enjoy the fact that he varies his humor - some very blatant and right out there, some buried and you have to 'catch' it to enjoy it.

It seems as if it isn't as much of a commentary on society as some of his other works, but still a fabulous read.

Given my friend and his history with regard to obsessions of all kinds, I was at first a tad...uh...skeptical. This is, after all, the same person who has attempted over the years to convince me that Britney Spears is the latest incarnation of a particularly nubile and powerful dakini from South Brahmaloka. But he persisted, and upon hearing the name of the first of the books he recommended -- "Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend" -- Uncle Tantra's Weirdness Alarm went off, and thus I took the time to peruse the author's website at http://www.chrismoore.com.

There, I learned that great titles were not the exception for Christopher Moore. Mr. Moore is also the author of such noted works as "Practical Demonkeeping," "Coyote Blue," "Bloodsucking Fiends," "Island of the Sequined Love Nun," and "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove." My interest was, to say the least, piqued. Then he sent me an excerpt from the preface to "Lust Lizard." That did it. I knew that the Uncle Tantra Weirdness Alarm was not sounding in vain. I rushed off to the bookstore, where interestingly enough "Lust Lizard" was the only Christopher Moore title in stock. I bought it.

I have not stopped reading -- or laughing -- since.

There is some possibility that Christopher Moore is the funniest writer alive. And he seems to be *genuinely* funny, unable to write more than a paragraph without saying something that makes you laugh out loud.

I have laughed out loud now in most of the cafes in the neighborhood where I live in Paris. I have laughed loudly enough that I am welcome back in few of them, and may have to read the rest of the books in completely different arrondissements.

WARNING: This stuff is 'way weird. Mr. Moore's strange view of reality is not everyone's. Were he not a novelist and thus able to say such things and get away with them, there is a strong possibility that he would be locked up somewhere for the greater good of society. But if you are one of the chosen few who believe that just because society calls the mediocrity it settles for 'reality' that doesn't *make* it reality, Christopher Moore might just be for you.

At the very least, he will make you laugh out loud. Often. At worst, he will get you exiled from your favorite places to read in public, *for* laughing out loud. But that's a small price to pay for the smile that you will be wearing as you walk out of the cafe, never to return.