Practical Demonkeeping
Christopher Moore. St. Martin's Press, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-312-95146-7
A people-eating demon threatens a sleepy California resort town in Moore's offbeat, witty debut. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 11/01/1993
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