Nerd Picnic rated Practical Demonkeeping: 3 stars
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore (Pine Cove, #1)
In Christopher Moore's ingenious debut novel, we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature. …
I've read all the Night Soldiers books (I think), so clearly I'm fine with the formula of a middle-aged man engaging in espionage or resistance in or around Paris during WWII, with drinks at the Brasserie Heininger, S. Kolb, a little sex and violence, etc. A Hero of France fits well with the series, but there were a couple odd things that made it a half-step below the other books:
1) One character was introduced twice, with nearly identical descriptions. Maybe Furst was just trying to help the reader keep all the characters straight, but it seemed more like a mistake in the editing.
2) The expository dialogue was not as natural and smooth as we would expect from Furst, especially from the fugitive RAF pilot near the beginning. If this book were a movie, I'd expect the character to look right into the camera and say "everybody got that? …
