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'When Tom Holt's on form, the world seems a much cheerier place' - SFX

'...both intimate and ambitious - not only human, but also divine' - DAILY TELEGRAPH

Something is about to go wrong. Very wrong. What do you expect if the Supreme Being decides to get away from it all for a few days, leaving his naturally inquisitive son to look after the cosmic balance of things?

A minor hiccup with a human soul and a welding machine soon leads to a violent belch, and before you know it the human condition - not to mention the lemming condition - is tumbling down the slippery slope to chaos.

A dazzling comic fantasy novel from one of Britain's sharpest, funniest writers.

Books by Tom Holt:

Walled Orchard Series
Goatsong
The Walled Orchard

J.W. Wells & Co. Series
The Portable Door
In Your Dreams
Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps
The Better Mousetrap
May Contain Traces of Magic
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages

YouSpace Series
Doughnut
When It's A Jar
The Outsorcerer's Apprentice
The Good, the Bad and the Smug

Novels
Expecting Someone Taller
Who's Afraid of Beowulf
Flying Dutch
Ye Gods!
Overtime
Here Comes the Sun
Grailblazers
Faust Among Equals
Odds and Gods
Djinn Rummy
My Hero
Paint your Dragon
Open Sesame
Wish you Were Here
Alexander at World's End
Only Human
Snow White and the Seven Samurai
Olympiad
Valhalla
Nothing But Blue Skies
Falling Sideways
Little People
Song for Nero
Meadowland
Barking
Blonde Bombshell
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
An Orc on the Wild Side



Trade Review
Excellent, sexy novel in which Abraham, Sarah and the voice of God perform a subversive, jealousy-laden dance round one another. It sounds unlikely, but Diski can spin gold from the most unpromising settings and characters, and this bookk delves into all kinds of byways - infertility, obedience, autonomy in a relationship - with wit and intelligence. * MARIE CLAIRE *
a hugely engaging and entertaining book * SUNDAY EXPRESS *
both intimate and ambitious - not only human, but also divine * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
This is Jenny Diski's best novel yet. * LITERARY REVIEW *

Only Human

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 06/01/2000
      ISBN13: 9781857239492, 978-1857239492
      ISBN10: 1857239490

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'When Tom Holt's on form, the world seems a much cheerier place' - SFX

      '...both intimate and ambitious - not only human, but also divine' - DAILY TELEGRAPH

      Something is about to go wrong. Very wrong. What do you expect if the Supreme Being decides to get away from it all for a few days, leaving his naturally inquisitive son to look after the cosmic balance of things?

      A minor hiccup with a human soul and a welding machine soon leads to a violent belch, and before you know it the human condition - not to mention the lemming condition - is tumbling down the slippery slope to chaos.

      A dazzling comic fantasy novel from one of Britain's sharpest, funniest writers.

      Books by Tom Holt:

      Walled Orchard Series
      Goatsong
      The Walled Orchard

      J.W. Wells & Co. Series
      The Portable Door
      In Your Dreams
      Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
      You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps
      The Better Mousetrap
      May Contain Traces of Magic
      Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages

      YouSpace Series
      Doughnut
      When It's A Jar
      The Outsorcerer's Apprentice
      The Good, the Bad and the Smug

      Novels
      Expecting Someone Taller
      Who's Afraid of Beowulf
      Flying Dutch
      Ye Gods!
      Overtime
      Here Comes the Sun
      Grailblazers
      Faust Among Equals
      Odds and Gods
      Djinn Rummy
      My Hero
      Paint your Dragon
      Open Sesame
      Wish you Were Here
      Alexander at World's End
      Only Human
      Snow White and the Seven Samurai
      Olympiad
      Valhalla
      Nothing But Blue Skies
      Falling Sideways
      Little People
      Song for Nero
      Meadowland
      Barking
      Blonde Bombshell
      The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
      An Orc on the Wild Side



      Trade Review
      Excellent, sexy novel in which Abraham, Sarah and the voice of God perform a subversive, jealousy-laden dance round one another. It sounds unlikely, but Diski can spin gold from the most unpromising settings and characters, and this bookk delves into all kinds of byways - infertility, obedience, autonomy in a relationship - with wit and intelligence. * MARIE CLAIRE *
      a hugely engaging and entertaining book * SUNDAY EXPRESS *
      both intimate and ambitious - not only human, but also divine * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
      This is Jenny Diski's best novel yet. * LITERARY REVIEW *

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