Good Omens
by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Apocalypse with eyeliner and tea.
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you need to laugh at the apocalypse before you can figure out how to stop it
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The apocalypse gets the British absurdist treatment as an angel and demon team up to stop the end of the world. Equal parts cosmic farce and tender morality play, Good Omens proves that humor might just be the last holy act. The end is nigh, but at least it’s funny.
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