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A review by acinthedc
Good to Be God by Tibor Fischer
2.0
What the book jacket suggested this story is: a down on his luck Englishman steals an identity and decides to pretend to be God in order to make lots of money. In the process of convincing people in Miami he's God, hilarity ensues.
What it really is: a down on his luck Englishman borrows a friends identity to get away from his woes and decides to make a fresh start in Miami. Part of this fresh start includes conning people into believing he's God, except he doesn't really try that hard. He spends the bulk of his time running around Miami meeting "interesting" people, having a series of close calls, complaining about an "embarrassing medical condition" which is never described, and none of it is really funny.
What it really is: a down on his luck Englishman borrows a friends identity to get away from his woes and decides to make a fresh start in Miami. Part of this fresh start includes conning people into believing he's God, except he doesn't really try that hard. He spends the bulk of his time running around Miami meeting "interesting" people, having a series of close calls, complaining about an "embarrassing medical condition" which is never described, and none of it is really funny.