4.0

Wow. This one might take the cake -- right behind Lamb -- as my second-favorite Christopher Moore book. He has such amazingly clever one-liners and ways with words here, much more so than in his more recent work, that makes me read Moore again and again. It's like potty humor for smart people. Sort of. Anyway... "The Stupidest Angel" was one part "The Gift of the Magi," one part B horror movie script, and all around, well, heartwarming, in its crazy way. Say what you will about Moore recycling his characters: In this case, it works, and it makes me want to read his other Pine Cove books. My only advice is to skip the version with the "bonus chapter" -- it does nothing really for the story, and is only useful if you've read the story already but want some more Moore.