The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror is a 2004 novel by American writer Christopher Moore. Set during Christmas, it brings together several favored characters from his previous books set in the fictional town of Pine Cove, a recurring location in Moore's novels.
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
An unabridged commercial compact disc recording of the original edition of The Stupidest Angel was issued with narration by Tony Roberts. In 2005 the novel won the Quill Award in the category of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror.
In 2005, Moore released The Stupidest Angel, Version 2.0, the text of which remains unchanged from that of the 2004 edition, with the addition of a short story at the end taking place one year after the events of the novel.
An angel named Raziel (previously in Moore's novel Lamb) is sent to Earth to grant the wish of a child; he decides to help a boy who had witnessed the death of a man dressed as Santa Claus. Meanwhile, the town is preparing for a community dinner-gathering at the local church, near the cemetery. In his inept attempt to bring "Santa" back to life, the angel causes the townspeople to fall under siege by brain-hungry zombies who arise from their burial plots.
The title is a play on the title of the 1946 book The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell, which has been adapted several times by Hollywood.
The main characters are: Theo Crowe, Molly Michion, Raziel, Lena Marquez, Tucker Case, Gabe Fenton, and Dale Pearson. Some of these characters are seen on other Christopher Moore(s) books.
At Tor.com, Mari Ness found it to be "not be quite as heartwarming as its cover suggests, or, for that matter, as terrifying", but nonetheless recommended it as "an antidote to endless Christmas cheer."[3]
^The Stupidest Angel: A Heart warming Tale of Christmas Terror, reviewed by Keith Brooke, at The Guardian; published December 20, 2008; retrieved December 27, 2022
^The Stupidest Angel: A Heart warming Tale of Christmas Terror, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published October 4, 2004; retrieved December 27, 2022
^A Very Zombie Christmas: The Stupidest Angel, by Mari Ness; at Tor.com; published December 19, 2013; retrieved December 27, 2022
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A cartoon frame summarizing the plot of the novel, from the comic stripUnshelved, dated June 4, 2006
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