Bookish Blerd

This was a hoot.  I mean it's the best Gospel I've ever read/heard.  It's kind of like what you  imagine the Bible would have read like if the powers-that-be actually cared to tell the truth rather than whatever version they thought would give them power over people.  But I digress.

This was funny and at the same time beautifully sad.  It tells about the love and loyalty that Biff had for his dear friend Joshua (a.k.a. Jesus).  Biff gets brought back to life two thousands years into the future to write his own Gospel, because the "official" ones are seriously lacking in details about Jesus' full life (which, shady if you ask me). And those exploits are pure comedy gold!

Josh decided that he to seek out help in order to learn how to be a Messiah, and of course Biff went along to protect him from his kind and trusting nature.  He basically made sure Josh didn't get hurt because of his unwillingness to be even a slight bit deceitful.  Over the course of seventeen years they learned from Magi who sought immortality, Buddhist Monks, and Yogis, inadvertently released and then banished a human eating demon.  They befriend the very last of the Yeti, Biff had lots of sex--purely for research purposes, and saved children from being sacrificed to Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction.  There was lot of healing of the sick and some serious trial and error raising the dead.  And along the way they invent things like cappuccino and sarcasm.

And in the end it is sad, whether you follow the bible/religion or not.  Josh knew he had to die for the good of all the world not just the Jews.  It was something known to him for a very long while, and while he knew and had accepted it, he still struggled with it.  The fact that Josh had accepted his impending death didn't stop Biff and Maggie from trying to prevent it--from begging him not to allow it to happen.  I mean, who would want their bestie to die even if it were for the greater good?!

All-in-all it was a good story.  It's definitely worth the read; maybe even a re-read.