The Life of God (as Told by Himself)
. University of Chicago Press, $14 (290pp) ISBN 978-0-226-24496-9
God loves and laments philosophically as he watches our feeble attempts to discover truth. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 11/10/1997
Genre: Fiction
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