One of Butler's better novels - his forte is short fiction. This one imagines Hell from the viewpoint of a network news anchor that finds himself dead and damned. Lots of famous people and their unique tortures are described, in the manner of Dante's Inferno.
Unfortunately the author includes living people in Hell, putting words in their mouths. Such as Bush and both Clintons, etc. I find that petty and vindictive - he could easily have restricted himself to only the dead.
Other than that, it's an interesting read. The ending is so so. There are some humorous parts, but not the laugh-out-loud type of humor.
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