“Oh to be young and in love (with 8 Chinese concubines).”

— Christopher Moore, book Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002)

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American writer of comic fantasy 1957

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