God Is Dead Author:Ron Currie Jr. An electrifying debut from a provocative new voice in fiction that will remind readers of the best of Vonnegut — Ron Currie’s gutsy, funny book is instantly gripping: If God takes human form and dies, what would become of life as we know it? Effortlessly combining outlandish humor with big questions about mortality, ethics, and... more » human weakness, Ron Currie, Jr., holds a funhouse mirror to our present-day world.
God has inhabited the mortal body of a young Dinka woman in the Sudan. When she is killed in the Darfur desert, he dies along with her, and word of his death soon begins to spread. Faced with the hard proof that there is no supreme being in charge, the world is irrevocably transformed, yet remains oddly recognizable.« less
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Ron Currie Jr's writing reminds me very much of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It's hard to explain the complex and crazy characters and plot twists. This, his first novel, is completely unique and engrossing.