Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Pratchett (ofDiscworldfame) and Gaiman (ofSandmanfame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both.   Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again.  You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter  downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale.  Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in.  The only person  who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose  prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read  the first time, and the second time, and the third time...--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.