Beware of God

Violent rabbis, lovelorn wives, a busy Grim Reaper, shame-filled simians, and one seriously angry deity populate this humorous and disquieting collection.
Shalom Auslander''s stories in Beware of God have the mysterious punch of a dream. They are wide ranging and inventive: A young Jewish man''s inexplicable transformation into a very large, blond, tattooed goy ends with a Talmudic argument over ...