The Unauthorized Guide to the Real World Concepts and Literary Inspiration Behind Christopher Moore's A Dirty Job

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This guide introduces the reader to Christopher Moore's novel A Dirty Job. It provides information about the real world concepts that the story is based on: alpha male, hypochondriacs, death, humanism, and Emperor Norton (Joshua Abraham Norton). It discusses the literary inspiration behind the novel: Bardo Thodol (The Tibetan Book of the Dead), the Morrigan, everyman, absurdist fiction, the Underworld, and Death (personification). This guide has a section about San Francisco, the novel's setting. It has a special chapter with sections on other Christopher Moore stories that have a connection to A Dirty Job. Also included is a biography of Christopher Moore.

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