What in God's name : a novel

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Author:

Rich, Simon.

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Rich, Simon.

ISBN:

9780316133739

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Reagan Arthur Books, 2012.

Physical Description:

227 p. ; 22 cm.

Abstract:

Craig and Eliza, two underpaid angels in the Department of Miracles, try to stop God, the CEO of Heaven, Inc., from destroying Earth by striking a deal with him to get the two most socially awkward humans on the planet to fall in love.

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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

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Welcome to Heaven, Inc., the grossly mismanaged corporation in the sky. For as long as anyone can remember, the founder and CEO (known in some circles as "God") has been phoning it in. Lately, he's been spending most of his time on the golf course. And when he does show up at work, it's not to resolve wars or end famines, but to Google himself and read what humans have been blogging about him.

When God decides to retire (to pursue his lifelong dream of opening an Asian Fusion restaurant), he also decides to destroy Earth. His employees take the news in stride, except for Craig and Eliza, two underpaid angels in the lowly Department of Miracles. Unlike their boss, Craig and Eliza love their jobs -- uncapping city fire hydrants on hot days, revealing lost keys in snow banks -- and they refuse to accept that earth is going under.

The angels manage to strike a deal with their boss. He'll call off his Armageddon, if they can solve their toughest miracle yet: getting the two most socially awkward humans on the planet to fall in love. With doomsday fast approaching, and the humans ignoring every chance for happiness thrown their way, Craig and Eliza must move heaven and earth to rescue them -- and the rest of us, too.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

The angels of Heaven, Inc. must save Earth. God's had enough. He thinks Earth is "just as frustrating as a Rubik's cube," and so he's decided to destroy humankind and open an Asian fusion restaurant. God even sent out a staff memo, and he's personally told Raoul, a homeless guy in Detroit, his current prophet. God needs Earth only as a source of Xenon gas, and things like a book by "some fancy pants Oxford professor trying to get attention" represent the sort of ingratitude that have God ready to pull the plug. But two angels in the Miracles Department, Craig and Eliza, are upset, especially since a random existentialist comment from Eliza spurred God's apocalyptic decision. But deals can be made at Heaven, Inc. Craig agrees to invest in God's restaurant and then, on his good side, persuades God to make a bet. Mankind will be preserved if Craig and Eliza can perform one impossible miracle: make two socially challenged people fall in love. The author has the difficult task of sustaining the superb comic premise throughout a book-length work, which he accomplishes by having his outlandishly capricious God appear at regular intervals. Deliciously funny.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.