Fantasy
Good Omens
An angel and a demon who have grown fond of life on Earth try to stop the Antichrist from starting the end of the world. Unfortunately, the infant got swapped at birth and nobody knows where he is.
- First published
- 1990
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a very funny, bickering-buddies comedy that pokes at prophecy, religion and bureaucracy.
Skip this if you dislike jokes about the apocalypse or British, footnote-style absurd humour.
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