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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ

(2009)
(Book 16 in the Myths series)
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From the writer of The Golden Compass - controversial for its depiction of a patriarchal and inhumane Catholic-like institution - comes an articulation of his belief through the "myth" of the life of Jesus Christ.

Does for the Gospels what Wicked did for The Wizard of Oz. The book covers similar themes to Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible.


Genre: Fantasy

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