I absolutely loved reading this book. If the Bible were anywhere near as approachable as this book was, I might be more inclined to follow Christianity. 
 Biff is brought back to life by sardonic angels in order to get a more accurate retelling of Jesus's life. Their attitude about God and Heaven set the tone for what is a very nuanced look at what the Bible has been telling the world for so long. Biff it turns out was Jesus's best friend and the man who roamed the earth with him in those undocumented years of Jesus's life. 
 While the book can be raunchy at times, it never looses its respect for the man Jesus is supposed to be, but it certainly humanizes him in a way that makes his decision to remain chaste, do good, and stick to God's plan more realistic. 
 One of the most fascinating things about this book's ideas is that Jesus explores the Eastern world in his travels. According to Biff he went in search of the Wise Men that are only mentioned once in the Bible as the men that brought him presents at his birth. This search is perhaps my favorite aspect of this book, because it creates a brilliant narrative where it explains why so many of Jesus's teachings have shadows of Buddhism and Hinduism. It explains how he experienced those religions and then took what he felt were the best aspects of them and shared them back in his hometown. 
 The book had its doldrums moments, but those moments are small and few between. When I think about this book I am convinced that this is the closest truth to what the man called Jesus's life must have been like and I find him so much more appealing as a deity because of it. 
 Even Biff's absence from the original Gospels is explained away as it turns out it was Biff who killed Judas and then felt ashamed for committing murder and then killed himself. The Apostles who wrote the Gospels felt that his appearance in them would then warrant an explanation of how he died and well that would ruin the narrative of Jesus they wished to tell. I would recommend this read to anyone, especially Christians as you might need to have a small understanding of current Christianity to grasp the full weight and humor of this well crafted story.