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Reader reviewed by Mairi

It is eleven years before the Apocalypse, and Satan has sent Crowley and Sister Mary Loquacious to the hospital to check up on the Antichrist currently being born there. His name is Adam, and Crowley is less than thrilled to have anything to do with him (he doesn't understand why he can't just keep driving his Bentley around and listening to Queen) but he can hardly expect his boss to understand that- Lucifer is notoriously shaky on modern technology. In fact, everyone in this book is shaky on something- usually more that one thing- which is why the Apocalypse is doomed to be a huge, but hilarious, mess for everyone involved.

Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett are both authors I ought to be more familiar with, and I decided that the easiest way to remedy this deficieny would be to read this book, so I bought myself a nice new copy at Borders, went home, and read it. I would be a liar if I said that I read it in one sitting, but I wish that I had. It has been a long time since I saw a book that was this hard to put down; I don't think I even noticed the pages turning.

It's hard to say whether this book would appeal more to Gaiman's fans or to Pratchett's.