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Demons & Devils

Practical Demonkeeping

A Comedy of Horrors

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  • 1992 first published
  • 250 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (7 ratings)
  • 8 editions
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Published in 1992, Practical Demonkeeping is a demon fiction novel by Christopher Moore. It deals with Demonology.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 20 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

It runs to roughly 250 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Practical Demonkeeping

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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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Humor, Fiction
  • Demonology
  • Fantasy
  • Humorous

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Who wrote Practical Demonkeeping?

Practical Demonkeeping was written by Christopher Moore and first published in 1992.

What genre is Practical Demonkeeping?

It is usually shelved as Demons & Devils.

How long is Practical Demonkeeping?

The median edition has 250 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Practical Demonkeeping?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Jennifer Morgue, Johannes Cabal the necromancer and City of Bones.

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