Just one example...

... why I consider Christopher Moore a great writer:

"Theo looked over at Gabe's ex-girlfriend, considered her heels, the stockings, the makeup, the hair, the lines of her suit, her nose, her hips, and felt like he was looking at a sports car that he could not afford, would not know how to drive, and he could only envision himself entangled in the wreckage of, wrapped around a telephone pole."

from The Stupidest Angel, A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, early in Chapter 14