In case you were unaware of his genius, allow me to present to you the following passage, which is of course not owned by me, etc.
The Romans covered themselves with olive oil before they bathed, so if the wind was right or it was an especially hot day you could smell a Roman coming at thirty paces. Between the olive oil they bathed with and the garlic and dried paste of anchovies they ate with their barley, when the legions marched into battle it must have smelled like an invasion of pizza people. If they'd had pizzas back then, which they didn't.
Evocative, thought-provoking, synesthetic, and hilarious, all in part of one paragraph. Now that is good goddamn writing.
Christopher Moore is awesome. Next month you need The Stupidest Angel. We listened to it going home one Christmas--shortest. five. hours. ever.
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