eldritchhobbit

Which reminds me, C.S. Lewis fans should take note of Gaiman's "The Problem of Susan" (in the 2004 anthology Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy), which is a direct answer to the ending of The Chronicles of Narnia. A must read.

This sounds like a must read, is it printed anywhere else, or only in the anthology?

As to The Sparrow, I got the impression from reading the reviews that it was heavily religious in a Christian/Judaism way, as you quote appears to support, and that put me off it immediately. Am I wrong, or is far more than that?