The Stupidest Angel
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The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror is a 2004 novel by American writer Christopher Moore. Set during Christmas, it brings together several favored characters from his previous books set in the fictional town of Pine Cove, a recurring location in Moore's novels.
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In 2005, Moore released The Stupidest Angel, Version 2.0, the text of which remains unchanged from that of the 2004 edition, with the addition of a short story at the end taking place one year after the events of the novel.
Plot summary
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Links to Moore's other works
The story takes place in Pine Cove, setting of
The title is a play on the title of the 1946 book The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell, which has been adapted several times by Hollywood.
The main characters are: Theo Crowe, Molly Michion, Raziel, Lena Marquez, Tucker Case, Gabe Fenton, and Dale Pearson. Some of these characters are seen on other Christopher Moore(s) books.
Reception
In The Guardian, Keith Brooke praised it as "[p]acy and engaging", and "crammed with sharp and funny one-liners",[1] while Publishers Weekly called it "enough to make even the most cynical Scrooge guffaw."[2]
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See also
References
- ^ The Stupidest Angel: A Heart warming Tale of Christmas Terror, reviewed by Keith Brooke, at The Guardian; published December 20, 2008; retrieved December 27, 2022
- ^ The Stupidest Angel: A Heart warming Tale of Christmas Terror, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published October 4, 2004; retrieved December 27, 2022
- Tor.com; published December 19, 2013; retrieved December 27, 2022
External links
- A cartoon frame summarizing the plot of the novel, from the comic strip Unshelved, dated June 4, 2006