God Is Dead

Every story in this book is a gem; honestly, the only flaw is that I wanted one more story to fill it out. See my review at http://perpetualfolly.blogspot.com

Also, my review from Amazon:
I don't think readers should over-examine this story collection/novel for its religious message, since the premise isn't theological – it's just wildly imaginative. What if God manifested himself in Darfur in the body of a Dinka girl and died there? One answer is that the world, learning of God's death, spins out of control. But another is that God wasn't really doing anything to stop calamity in the first place, so what has changed? Our fate is in our own hands, just as it was before. You could make either case from these stories, if that's what you want to do, but in the meantime you could just enjoy these very well made fictions, from the title story, “God is Dead,” in which Colin Powell visits the Sudan, to the last story, “Retreat,” in which the outcome of a war between the armies of the Evolutionary Psychologists and the Postmodern Anthropologists is decided. The characters are quirky, but believable, trying to cope with situations that, only in the context of a world that has just learned of God's death, are wholly credible. This is a terrific debut and should find readers of all stripes.