Description

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 author of many highly acclaimed and award-winning books for children and adults, including the New York Times #1 bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book, the internationally bestselling Coraline, and Odd and the Frost Giants. He is also the author of the picture books Blueberry Girl, illustrated by Charles Vess; The Wolves in the Walls, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, and Crazy Hair, illustrated by Dave McKean; and The Dangerous Alphabet, illustrated by Gris Grimly. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States.

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

"An utter delight-fresh, exciting, uproariously funny."
-Poul Anderson

"The Apocalypse has never been funnier."
-Clive Barker

"One Hell of a funny book."
-Gene Wolfe

"It could be called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Armargeddon."
-Palm Beach Post

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

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

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

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

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

"Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise . . . Highly recommended."
-Library Journal

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

"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

"Fiendishly funny."
-New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Huge fun."
-Sunday Express (London)

"A direct descendant of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
-New York Times

"Hilarious!"
-Locus

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

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

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