Towing Jehovah

by James Morrow

Overview

God is dead, and Anthony Van Horne must tow the corpse to the Arctic (to preserve Him from sharks and decomposition). En route Van Horne must also contend with ecological guilt, a militant girlfriend, sabotage both natural and spiritual, and greedy hucksters of oil, condoms, and doubtful ideas. Winner of a 1995 World Fantasy Award.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156002103
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/24/1995
Series:	Godhead Trilogy , #1
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	331,041
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

James Morrow was born in Philadelphia in 1947. Besides writing, he plays with Lionel electric trains and collects videocassettes of vulgar biblical spectacles.

Editorial Reviews

In Towing Jehovah, God is dead--literally. His corpse has fallen from the heavens, and the Vatican has to contract with an unemployed oil tanker captain, Anthony Van Horne, to tow it to its final resting place in the Arctic. "The bizarre details actually work in context even if . . . they may seem extreme," writes Joe Mayhew in the Washington Post Book World. "It is important, however, to remember that Morrow is writing about the vices of man. His novel attacks only the cartoons of religion, not the real thing."

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