As A God Might Be

Proctor McCullough is 44 years old. When he decides to desert his comfortable, middle class life in London and build a church on a clifftop, nobody knows what to make of it; McCullough is not religious. Is it a midlife crisis? Has he gone mad? Is he a man who is suffering a spiritual crisis in a secular age, where identity is shaped by wealth and social media? Or has he really been chosen by God for a new revelation? McCullough finds himself torn between love for his family and group of local drifters who help him to build his church. When one of these drifters commits a shocking and devastating act to test his beliefs, McCullough finds himself pushed to the very limits of understanding and forgiveness. As a God Might Be is an epic novel in the tradition of Dostoevsky. In Proctor McCullough, Neil Griffiths has created a character struggling to cope with the grand issues of modern life - faith, family, and his responsibility to society.