A Dirty Job
core novel 2006 Christopher Moore's Shared World
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (125,756 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780060590277 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Charlie Asher runs a secondhand shop in San Francisco, and his wife dies shortly after the birth of their daughter. Her death draws him into an unexpected job: he becomes responsible for collecting the souls of the dying and protecting them from dangerous forces in the underworld. He must now balance this duty with running his store and raising a newborn alone. Help comes from fellow collector Minty Fresh, his employees Ray and Lily and his sister Jane, while the villains the Morrigan and Orcus make the job dangerous and Detective Rivera begins to suspect him in a series of suspicious deaths.
Where it sits
- Universe: Christopher Moore's Shared World
- Series: Grim Reaper core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Christopher Moore
Notes
- From the series record (Grim Reaper): Two novels about San Francisco shopkeeper Charlie Asher, who becomes a Death Merchant.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Grim Reaper: position 1 of 2: next Secondhand Souls (2015)
- Internal chronology, within Christopher Moore's Shared World: position 3 of 11: previous Bloodsucking Fiends (1995) · next Coyote Blue (1994)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Christopher Moore (author)
- Christopher Moore official site: books
- Wikipedia infobox (ISBN-10 0-06-059027-0 converted), HarperCollins/William Morrow
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