Technical Data: by the far-to-me (and-you, imho)-unknown C. Moore, was awarded a Quill Award. Reached the 9th place in the NY Times Bestseller List. Plot: 'dirty work' is a horror-comic-book nonsense. Charlie Asher, a junk-beta male and Kafka, he loses his wife after they gave him a daughter. The shock led him to acquire supernatural powers, becoming a Merchant of Death: his new job is to collect and manage the vessels of the transmigration of souls. Of course there are the bad guys: the Sewer Harpies and Death from the bull's head, against which (just as obviously) Charlie will fight the final battle. Countless co-stars: Lily aide dark-nymphomaniac, the other Ray-aide webdipendente and psychopath, Jane's sister-davidBowie, the dogs of hell, Mr. Fresh Mint, the squirrels in a tutu, etc. ..
Comment: Needless to say, component largely overcomes the issues horror comic. The whole novel is replete with nonsense dialogues (the comablog, for instance), and the plot is a succession of absurdities generated dall'inettitudine zeniana dall'extravaganza Charlie and all the other characters. This represents a shift from sexual jokes about Teletubbies dogs that hellish belch bubbles, until the daughter of the protagonist in a few months of life, running for home chanting 'no anal intercourse', while the neighbor comes to Russia Bears and Chinese meditation to fry the creatures that rise from manholes.
A novel, short, with no pretense other than to amuse and entertain. 450 pages about going away smooth smooth. It is up to the tastes and sensibilities of the reader or not appreciate the style and the gags, personally I liked it very much.
Overall Rating: 8.5
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