Practical Demonkeeping

Infobox Book
name = Practical Demonkeeping


author = Christopher Moore
country = United States
language = English
genre = Humor, Fiction, Absurdist
publisher = St Martin's Press
release_date = Original Hardcover: January, 1992
isbn = Original Hardcover ISBN 0-312-07069-1
followed_by = Coyote Blue

"Practical Demonkeeping", published in 1992, is Christopher Moore's first novel. It deals with a demon from Hell and his master. The novel has been translated and published in German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian.

Plot summary

Travis was born in 1900, yet he has not aged since 1916, because he accidentally called up a demon from hell named "Catch" as his servant, presumably forever. Ever since then, Travis has been trying to get rid of Catch, but is unable to do so because he has lost the repository of the necessary incantations. He traces their whereabouts to a fictional town called Pine Cove, along Big Sur coast, where he thinks the woman he gave them to may be residing. Interactions with the townspeople and with a djinn, who is pursuing Catch, create considerable complications.

Several characters from this novel continue their lives in later novels by Moore; in addition, the setting of "Pine Cove" itself is revisited for "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove" and "The Stupidest Angel". The fictional town of "Pine Cove" is described as being within easy driving distance of San Luis Obispo, California, and seems to be modeled after the town of Cambria, California.

Trivia

*Although Disney has bought the film rights to the novel, it has yet to be made into a motion picture as of October 2008.
*This novel includes one of the earliest examples of Internet dating.

External links

* [http://www.chrismoore.com/bookpage.asp?PB_ISBN=0060735422 Book Homepage]
* [http://www.chrismoore.com Christopher Moore.com]