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I bought Towing Jehovah about a year ago, but hadn't gotten around to reading it until now. I wish I hadn't waited!
A tanker captain -- riddled with guilt about his involvement in a serious oil spill -- is approached by the Angel Gabriel to take on the job of salvaging God's dead body (which fell into the sea at 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude) by towing it to the Arctic, where the angels have built an ice tomb. He will be accompanied by/reporting to a Jesuit priest, representing the Vati ...more
A tanker captain -- riddled with guilt about his involvement in a serious oil spill -- is approached by the Angel Gabriel to take on the job of salvaging God's dead body (which fell into the sea at 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude) by towing it to the Arctic, where the angels have built an ice tomb. He will be accompanied by/reporting to a Jesuit priest, representing the Vati ...more
God is dead (we know this because His 2 mile-long body is floating in the ocean). Before all of the angels die of grief, they hire a disgraced tanker captain to tow the body into the Arctic Sea so it won’t rot. Funny, satirical, and thought-provoking, Morrow’s book reminds me of Vonnegut, although I couldn’t tell you exactly why.
Aug 06, 2018
Carrie
marked it as to-read
