Heaven Is Small

Heaven is Small is the funny and profound story of Gordon Small, a degree-clutching slacker and failed fiction writer. Gordon is also, we discover in the first paragraph, recently deceased -- "an event he failed to notice." But when Gordon finds himself suddenly employed at the Heaven Book Company, the world's largest romance publisher, he does notice that things are odd. Spurred on by a growing hunger to understand what has befallen him, Gordon obsesses over his relationship with his ex-wife, Chloe Gold, a writer who left him behind to attain literary greatness, endless awards, and invitations to gala luncheons. As it slowly dawns on Gordon that he may have missed his own chance for greatness, and may in fact be trapped in limbo, he embarks on a mission that will redeem him, revive his writing career, and bring the monotonous machinery of The Heaven Book Company to a screeching halt. With sly deadpan humour, brilliant insight into the human condition, and exceptionally beautiful writing, Schultz explores what it's like to be truly alive only after you're dead.