Book description
God is CEO of Heaven Inc. From the Sunsets Department and Geyser
Regulation to the Department of Miracles, Heaven Inc has the earth
covered. Unless of course someone is away from their desk. But these
days, God is kind of disillusioned. He knows he should be keeping an eye
on the genocide happening on Earth, but he finds himself drawn instead
to watching the Church channels on satellite TV. His first priority is
the team of angels he's asked to get Lynyrd Skynyrd back together.
Meanwhile, Eliza has been promoted from the Prayers Department to
Miracles, and Craig, a workaholic angel devoted to averting accidents,
has to show her around. Having totally turned the Prayers Department
around, and instituted a system for dealing with the millions of pleas
that came in every day, Eliza is shocked by the casual attitude of many
of the angels in her new department. And she's even more shocked when
she discovers that, despite her elaborate prayer-answering system, God
has never looked at, let alone answered, a single one. Eliza is furious,
storms into God's office, and suggests that if he doesn't care about the
Earth, why bother? 'You're right,' he says, 'I'll destroy Earth in 30
days and open an Asian-American fusion restaurant instead.' So Craig and
Eliza, who really care about humans, must come up with a plan to save
Earth. And maybe even get a promotion, too. Simon Rich is a
twenty-eight year old graduate of Harvard University, where he was
president of The Harvard Lampoon. He was the youngest writer ever hired
by Saturday Night Live, which he worked on for four seasons. He is now
writing a film for Pixar. He also contributes to the New Yorker. He
lives in California.
