"Nothing" is a problem - not just for religious belivers, but also for scientists. Quantum mechanics has no more explained something coming from Nothing (the absence of everything), than have believers. More about Nothing in the book "Nothing Matters - a book about nothing" to be published by iff...
A rattling good yarn with the private (sex) lives of the dramatis personae not getting in the way of the story. But what made it much more than a rattling good yarn was the constant thought in my mind, "Ye gods, what if it is true!" Plus the notion that the author was a wee bit...
Beautiful!