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Condition: Very Good Jacket: slight wear to edges, particularly noticeable at corner; slight tear at one bottom corner, nick at another corner; spine slightly discoloured; front cover has slight tear and soiling near bottom. Boards (dark yellow with gilt lettering); very slight denting of two corners and top of spine. Endpapers (with maps): erased pencil inscriptions. Pages otherwise clean. Plot / Content: "Did a sexual deviationist with political opinions produce a Messiah? "Bestselling author Robin Maugham provides a sensational picture of Palestine under the Romans. The time is AD20, a decade before the ministry of Christ. A homosexual Jew seizes the opportunity to create a Messiah out of a handsome young visionary for his own political ends. Our image of Christ and the birth of Christianity will never be the same again." (from the cover of the paperback edition) Background / Biography:
Reviews: "It's going to leave a great many people stunned!" Sunday Times "The book is expert joinery . . . a convincing picture of an expectant moment in time." Observer "Maugham never flinches; he can tackle any subject with an expert entertainer's aplomb." Scotsman (from the jacket of the paperback edition) Clicking on advertiser links on this site may allow these companies to gather and use information about your visit to this and other websites to provide you with advertisements about goods and services presumed to be of interest to you. |
Quote from this book "In the far distance two fishermen are calling to each other across the lake. Sometimes, in a fit of sentimentality, I envy the simple lives the fishermen who live in the little village below our villa seem to lead.I say 'seem' because I am certain their lives may be as filled with doubts and worries as mine is. If I were a true poet, I should know. But I have reached the age of thirty, and I am aware that the gift has yet to come to me. I am still only half awake. I can hear the doves cooing in the courtyard. From the servants' quarters I can listen to Leah giving instructions to the new girl we have employed to help work in the kitchen. Leah, in fact, manages the whole household, and that is what Joseph wants - though as his secretary and companion I should, I suppose, be in charge. But from the very first week that I came as a young man to live with Joseph he insisted I should have plenty of spare time to pursue my ambition to become a poet." opening paragraphs, Part Two Secondhand booksellers |
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