Ron Currie Jr, is hot, hot, hot. Both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Richmond-Times Dispatch have named God is Dead as one of the Books of the Year. Here's what the Virginia paper, which called it "one of the five best books of the year," said today:
God Is Dead by Ron Currie Jr. (192 pages, Viking, $21.95). Undoubtedly one of the most original and imaginative short-story collections this year, Currie's interlocking tales take Nietzsche's famous proclamation to the extreme by conjuring a world trying to survive after the literal death of God in western Sudan. What follows is a bizarre blend of horror, fantasy and pitch-black comedy that includes melancholic dogs and child-worshipping cults -- all depicted in a highly contagious style.
And in case you don't remember verbatim my post (from last July) chronicling how our Fiction Book Club felt about the book, click and refresh your memory.
The graphic accompanying this post? The cover of the German edition of the book, due out soon.
Endless Knots is more than happy about this. Huge congratulations, Ron.
