''The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived'' is a novel by British author

Robert Rankin Robert Fleming Rankin (born 27 July 1949) is a prolific British author of comedic fantasy novels. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers lists with ''Snuff Fiction'' in 1999, by ...

. 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 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 Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. Resurrection is ...

Company, set up after God closed down Hell when he realised that nobody could hope to keep the Tenth Commandment. Norman discovers that 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.

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Novels by Robert Rankin 1995 British novels American fantasy novels Doubleday (publisher) books {{1990s-fantasy-novel-stub