Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Mass Market Paperback)

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According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.

So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture.

And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .

About the Author


Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, and Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett); the Sandman series of graphic novels; and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy Awards, and the Newbery Medal. Originally from England, he now lives in America.

Praise for Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch…


“Outrageous . . . read it for a riotous good laugh!”
-Orlando Sentinel

“I whooped . . . I laughed . . . I was in near hysterics.:
-New York Review of Science Fiction

“Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python.”
-San Francisco Chronicle

“Something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated.”
-Washington Post

“Hilarious!”
-Locus

“[L]ittle asides, quirky observations, simple puns and parody eventually add up to snorts, chortles and outright laughs.”
-San Diego Union-Tribune

“If you’ve never read [GOOD OMENS], don’t miss it now. Grade: A.”
-Rocky Mountain News

“Full-bore contemporary lunacy. A steamroller of silliness that made me giggle out loud.”
-San Diego Union-Tribune

“Wacky and irreverent.”
-Booklist

“Hilariously naughty.”
-Kirkus Reviews

“Huge fun.”
-Sunday Express (London)

“An utter delight—fresh, exciting, uproariously funny.”
-Poul Anderson

“Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended.”
-Library Journal

“From beginning to end, GOOD OMENS is side-splittingly funny . . . a ripping good time.”
-Rave Reviews

“The Apocalypse has never been funnier.”
-Clive Barker

“A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
-New York Times

“What’s so funny about Armageddon? More than you’d think . . . GOOD OMENS has arrived just in time.”
-Detroit Free Press

“Fiendishly funny.”
-New Orleans Times-Picayune

“It could be called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Armargeddon.”
-Palm Beach Post

“A slapstick Apocalypse, a grinning grimoire, a comic Necronomicon, a hitchhiker’s guide to the netherworld.”
-James Morrow, author of Only Begotten Daughter

“One Hell of a funny book.”
-Gene Wolfe

Product Details ISBN-10: 0060853980
ISBN-13: 9780060853983
Published: HarperTorch, 12/01/2006
Pages: 432
Language: English