A review by kapgar
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore

3.0

"First we feast; then IKEA!" is the chant du jour through the streets of Pine Cove, California. But first, the backstory... Pine Cove is a small, nothing sort of town tucked away in a forest of pine trees. Theo Crowe is the town constable and is the only source of law enforcement despite his well-noted history of marijuana abuse. His wife, Molly Michon, suffers from mild dissociative disorder and with a tendency to work out using a sword she kept from her days as a B-movie, action-hero bombshell. Lena Marquez does, well, not much of anything except fight with her ex-husband Dale Pearson. And Tucker Case is a pilot who works part-time as a DEA drug spotter who is new to town. One day, things go a bit awry when Lena gets in a fight with Dale while he's drunk. When he pulls a gun on her, she tries to defend herself with a shovel and he falls on the shovel, impaling himself. The catch is that he's dressed in his big red suit and white beard (it is Christmas, after all) and a young boy, watching from afar, swears he just witnessed the murder of Santa Claus. When he prays that God will bring Santa back to life in time for the Holidays, God responds be sending Raziel, the archangel from Lamb to grant the wish of one small boy at Christmas. However, Raziel is not the brightest angel around and he misinterprets the request just a bit. I'll leave it at that. The book is hilarious, plain and simple. And you will find yourself laughing out loud at the absurdity of it all. But it is a fun and quick little holiday read. Just don't read it to the kids.