The last two books I’ve read by Christopher Moore (“Sacré Bleu” and “Fool” — actually, make that three, I have it on reasonable authority that I read “Lamb” prior to those two and that was another fantastic book) have blown me away.

He’s been going so deep on his books, immersing you into the world in which it takes place so efficiently that you hold these fictional versions of historical periods dearer than the originals. Or are they the same as the original? He’s done such a fun job of realizing the world that you don’t really much care, though you feel, if you were the sort, that you could go research and verify all the incidents in the story more or less.