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Practical Demonkeeping

by Christopher Moore

A demon’s appetite in Pine Cove

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A demon’s appetite in Pine Cove

Set in the California town of Pine Cove, Christopher Moore’s novel brings together Travis O’Hearn, a century-old former seminarian, and Catch, a demon who eats many of the people he encounters. Travis sees their uneasy companionship as something he might escape, while Pine Cove’s collection of winos, neo-pagans, and romantic deadbeats has its own plans. The setup makes the clash between supernatural danger and small-town disorder the story’s central engine, with mismatched companions at its core. The publisher identifies this as Moore’s debut novel and classifies it as humorous fiction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in humorous fiction with a supernatural premise
  • Those who enjoy stories set amid an eccentric small-town ensemble
  • Readers drawn to mismatched companions and demonic characters

Themes

Unlikely companionshipSupernatural troubleSmall-town eccentricityHumor

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Book overview

In Christopher Moore's ingenious debut novel, we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature. The good-looking one is one-hundred-year-old ex-seminarian and "roads" scholar Travis O'Hearn. The green one is Catch, a demon with a nasty habit of eating most of the people he meets. Behind the fake Tudor facade of Pine Cove, California, Catch sees a four-star buffet. Travis, on the other hand, thinks he sees a way of ridding himself of his toothy traveling companion. The winos, neo-pagans, and deadbeat Lotharios of Pine Cove, meanwhile, have other ideas. And none of them is quite prepared when all hell breaks loose.
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