Practical Demonkeeping
ISBN: 9781841494470
Description
Behind the fake Tudor façade of Pine Cove, California, Catch sees a four-star buffet. Travis, on the other hand, thinks he sees a way of ridding himself of his toothy travelling companion. The winos, neo-pagans, and deadbeat Lotharios of Pine Cove, meanwhile, have other ideas. And none of them is quite prepared when all hell breaks loose.
Reviewed on 3rd August 2024
Having read two of Moore’s later works I decided to stock up on some of the earlier ones, and where better to start than the beginning.
It’s the story of a small town, and the various people who live there and how their lives interact in complicated and interesting ways. Particularly when two supernatural beings from before the dawn of time show up and interfere with them.
It’s a fun novel, but I feel like I can tell it’s an earlier work - there’s not quite the roaring finesse of the other books I’ve read. It has a repeated habit of introducing characters fairly late, and going off and telling their whole backstory at that point, which feels like a bit of an odd diversion while there’s plot going on. In some places, I started to struggle with remembering which character was which.
But overall, a happy entertaining read, and I’m looking forward to watching the style develop now as I read through more of the back catalogue.