Fantasy Novel by
Larry Niven and
Jerry Pournelle, published in
1976.
* * * 1/2
Science Fiction author
Allen Carpentier falls out of a
hotel window during a
Drunken SF Convention party.
Them's the breaks.
He finds himself in a
Hell structured much like
Dante Alghieri's Inferno. Sensing a slight possibility for
redemption in him, his guide,
Benito, leads Allen through Hell and an examination of himself, even if it is too late.