God: The Biography

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Where does God come from Has he always existed What kind of food does He eat The answers to all these questions, small and large, are in the Bible, or have been written about by those who know Him best - saints, popes and visionaries. In this fascinating account of God's life, Alexander Waugh, author of TIME, tackles the biggest subject of them all in his uniquely refreshing and enthusiastic style. So many stories about God have been forgotten, or edged out of the familiar tales that we have lost our understanding of Him and how he has been viewed by mankind throughout the ages. Now we can once again find out more about who it is that we pray to.

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Peculiar and delightful...I loved it...Waugh's light-hearted approach is deceptive: some formidable research has gone into this book - Douglas Kennedy, Mail on Sunday

Immensely entertaining...it is funny and whimsical...but it is also clever and perceptive - A C Grayling, Literary Review

A deeply felt and genuine exploration... Waugh's biography is a search for love - and strangely, the god he leaves us with however impossible, remains attractive. - Jeanette Winterson, The Times

'...combines philosophical wrangling with the delightfully insolent tone of 1066 AND ALL THAT...while scholarly and illuminating this book is full of things that made me laugh...so enjoy! - Financial Times

Ten out of ten for the idea, the approach, the style, the writing - above all, the writing - and the supreme audacity of it all... Waugh writes like an impious angel; wittily and rivetingly - Michael Brown, Yorkshire Post

[Waugh's] sardonic, urbane tone is in the tradition of Gibbon or Hume...very funny. Pleasingly original...wherever you stand - or think you do - on the God question, this is a good read - Susan Elkin, The Independent

With mischievous wit and erudition...Waugh's tremendously funny book has, however, a serious purpose - S.B.Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

[An] erudite, scholarly, irreverent and impeccably researched biography of the supreme being... daringly brilliant a

Author Bio

Alexander Waugh is the grandson of Evelyn Waugh and son of columnist Auberon Waugh and novelist Teresa Waugh. Alexander is also a publisher (Travelman Publishing), cartoonist and award-winning composer.