Not one of his best. It starts out slow, with the pace finally picking up when the magical element is revealed. It felt too "gag-y" -- you can almost hear the drummer do the rimshot as the comic delivers the punch line. For example, he uses the same joke about 3 times -- a line about Toulouse-Lautrec wearing a top hat, while otherwise in deshabille, because he's a gentleman. Repetition doesn't make it funnier, and it never makes sense, because a gentleman doesn't wear a hat indoors. He makes no attempt to make the dialog sound appropriate to the era, which is fine, I suppose. [return][return]I've loved some of his other books, so I will still be on the lookout for his next one. If you've never read any Moore, don't start with this one. I recommend Coyote Blue, or Practical Demonkeeping.