In this visionary collection of short stories, we stumble on God - or not God - in back alleys and promised lands, at family tragedies and sleazy racetracks. In the eponymous Meeting God or Something Like it, a man encounters the Messiah. The real one? Can't be sure. Can't ask for ID. It's enough to drive anyone mad. In The Lamb, a young Israeli soldier and an old Arab shepherd set aside their mutual suspicions and put themselves in mortal danger...