The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years-except Biff, the Messiah's best, bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in this divinely hilarious, yet heartfelt work “reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams” (phildelphia Inguirer).

Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable jour-neys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more-except maybe “Maggie,” Mary of Magdala-and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without fight.

CHRISTOPHER MOORE is the author of Fluke, Lamb, Practical Demonkeeping, Coyote Blue, Blood-sucking Fiends, Island of the Sequined Love Nun, and The Lust Lizard of Melancboly Coue, He lives in Hawaii , and invites readers to e-mail him at BSFiends@aol.com .