Our narrator first sees the future Christ at age 6, repeatedly reviving a lizard that his stepbrother delights in bashing with a rock. Louis hotel room, Biff chattily lays bare the secret history of the Savior, including the part about learning kung fu and befriending a yeti. (Don't worry, there isn't an Izod shirt or country club in sight.) After being resurrected in the present and sequestered in a St. Levi's anachronistic nickname Biff derives from the sound of his mother's frequent smacks to his head. "Lamb" is an earnest comedy in the style of Woody Allen's play "God," simultaneously addressing matters of ultimate concern while wallowing in the broadest possible slapstick. In fact, Moore wears his heart on Biff's sleeve. But Moore, author of previous comic novels, including "Bloodsucking Fiends" and "Island of the Sequined Love Nun," doesn't demonstrate the wicked instincts of a Gore Vidal, whose "Live From Golgotha" is far more gleefully heretical. At first blush, the title and premise of "Lamb" promise a scabrous satire sure to offend religious sensibilities and end up fueling a few bonfires down south. Biff's best friend, Joshua bar Joseph, is the son of God.
$25.95 The narrator of Christopher Moore's impish, madcap addition to the New Testament is Levi bar Alphaeus - Biff to his friends - the son of a stonemason in ancient Israel. The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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