Monday, March 31, 2008

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

Charlie Asher owns a second-hand goods shop in San Francisco. As the book begins, his wife Rachel has just given birth; she dies soon after of a blood clot in the brain. Later, Charlie begins to see certain objects glowing red; he discovers they are 'soul vessels' and he has become a 'Death Merchant', charged with collecting the soul vessels of people about to die...

The full review is available online at The Zone.

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