The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived
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The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived is a novel by British
author Robert Rankin
. It is the third (and final) book in the Cornelius Murphy trilogy, sequel to The Book of Ultimate Truths
and Raiders of the Lost Car Park
. The central story revolves around a young 14 year-old schoolboy, Norman, who is killed while trying to summon a demon to grant him wings. Instead of going to Heaven
or Hell
though, Norman is employed at the Universal Reincarnation
Company (Set up after God closed down Hell when he realised that nobody could HOPE to keep the Tenth Commandment
), where he discovers that something sinister is going on - someone has learnt how to pre-incarnate themselves. Constantly being reborn on their original birthdate, with all their knowledge intact, they could be the titular, Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived... or the very Devil himself
United Kingdom
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author Robert Rankin
Robert Rankin
Robert Fleming Rankin is a prolific British humorous novelist. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers lists with Snuff Fiction in 1999, by which time his previous eighteen books had sold around one million copies...
. It is the third (and final) book in the Cornelius Murphy trilogy, sequel to The Book of Ultimate Truths
The Book of Ultimate Truths
The Book of Ultimate Truths is a novel by British author Robert Rankin. The plot revolves around the adventures of Cornelius Murphy and his companion Tuppe...
and Raiders of the Lost Car Park
Raiders of the Lost Car Park
Raiders of the Lost Car Park is a novel by British author Robert Rankin. It is the second book in the Cornelius Murphy trilogy, sequel to The Book of Ultimate Truths and prequel to The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived. It documents the continuing adventures of Cornelius Murphy and his companion...
. The central story revolves around a young 14 year-old schoolboy, Norman, who is killed while trying to summon a demon to grant him wings. Instead of going to Heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
or Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
though, Norman is employed at the Universal Reincarnation
Reincarnation
Reincarnation best describes the concept where the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, is believed to return to live in a new human body, or, in some traditions, either as a human being, animal or plant...
Company (Set up after God closed down Hell when he realised that nobody could HOPE to keep the Tenth Commandment
Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue , are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and most forms of Christianity. They include instructions to worship only God and to keep the Sabbath, and prohibitions against idolatry,...
), where he discovers that something sinister is going on - someone has learnt how to pre-incarnate themselves. Constantly being reborn on their original birthdate, with all their knowledge intact, they could be the titular, Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived... or the very Devil himself