Almighty Me CL

by Robert Bausch

Book Overview

Almighty Me is the story of an ordinary man-an automobile salesman-who is given Almighty God's great powers for "one full year, no strings attached". This "offer" throws his life into a tailspin as he... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039556266X
• ISBN13: 9780395562666
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Funny and thought-provoking

A friend loaned me this book after I asked for something mindless to read as I recovered from an illness. My friend failed me in that this funny bittersweet novel made me laugh and think and reread. Charlie Wiggins is leading a reasonably happy life with a few cracks in it. His marriage is tottering, but he refuses to acknowledge it. A messenger from God offers him the opportunity to have God's power for a year--an offer he accepts with some reluctance. The story builds from this premise interweaving themes of love, adoration, free will, good, and evil as well as the nature of heaven. The book reminded me most of the fragile nature of love. You can love, adore someone with your whole heart and yet that person may not feel the same way or worse, lose his/her feelings because of where he/she is in life. A journey the loved may need to take may not include the lover. I hope to find a few more books like this one. Books that make me laugh out loud while making me think.

I'll be the first to say it...

...Bruce Almighty ripped off this book.

This book is infinitely better written than my review.

Never mind that this book will inevitably lead you to On The Way Home (Bausch's searing novel about a family left to deal with the aftermath when their son returns from Vietnam). Never mind that if you are easily confused it will ALSO lead you to wonderful books by Richard Bausch. Never mind that it is some of the funniest material I have ever read. Especially never mind that the library has issued a bench warrant for my arrest since I can't bring myself to give it back.If you are a human being who has ever questioned faith, religion, the meaning of God, and the Universe you need to read this book.If you do not fit the above category, congratulations on being the first animal to surf the web!

Thought provoking with a splash of humor.

The subject of becoming God for a year is mind boggling in itself. You must understand the consequences of your actions. The book slightly gets boring in the middle, however I found myself reading faster to find out how he solves certain problems. After a slow middle part of the story, the ending is very revealing and extremely thought provoking. I enjoyed it so much that I quickly forgot how the middle was "slightly boring". There was humor throughout the book but I found the subject matter more intriguing. Read this book... Can anyone suggest books with similiar topics?

A hilarious, marvelously perverse comic novel

This beautifully written comedy is the story of how a man is given the power of God, and then uses it, or tries to, in an attempt to win back the love of his wife. There has not been a funnier American novel published in the last twenty years. But it is more than funny; there are brilliant insights in it, and moments of great tenderness and truth, as in all of Robert Bausch's fiction.