The Involuntary Ghostwriter is the first book of The Word of God, an epic tale, which purports to be the autobiography of God. Within itself, The Involuntary Ghostwriter consists of overlapping narrative threads, one of growing up and coming of age, and the second of growing old and coming to terms. The larger tale, The Word of God, originates from a series of questions: "What if God was one of us?" From the lyrics of the song 'One of Us', written by Eric Bazilian, recorded by Joan Osborne, and later by Alanis Morrisette. What if, as the Christian Bible tells us we were created in the image...