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There Is No Dog | February 29, 2012

by Meg Rosoff (Random House, Aug. 2011)

What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us?

Well, in Meg Rosoff’s latest novel There is No Dog, he is. Well, the slob part at least. God, or ‘Bob,’ is a teenager living on Earth who has all the most unpleasant traits associated with the age. He is impetuous, sex-driven, selfish, flighty–and he’s in control. His mother gave him Earth after winning the planet in a poker game and he rushed through Creation. The natural disasters, rampant injustices, and general unrest in the world are all explained keeping in mind Bob’s self-absorbed nature. Readers follow Bob in his latest conquest of the mortal Lucy while his assistant Mr. B attempts to keep him in-check. The Earth and her many inhabitants are simply pawns in the greater scheming and tinkering of the gods and goddesses at play in Rosoff’s universe. It is at once shocking, unsettling, and incredibly eye-opening. And definitely a wonderful read.

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