The Messiah - Paperback
by Gore Vidal
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gore VidalSeries:Classic, 20th-Century, PenguinPublish date:1998-01-01Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780141180397ISBN-10:141180390UPC:9780141180397Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Classics, SatireSize:7.76 x 5.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SCTY6VK54N
The Messiah
When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Gore Vidal's deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published in 1954, eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the Heaven's Gate suicide cult.
Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780141180397ISBN-10:141180390UPC:9780141180397Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Classics, SatireSize:7.76 x 5.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SCTY6VK54N
Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was born Eugene Luther Vidal, later adopting the surname of his grandfather, Senator Thomas Gore, as his first name. Well known as a novelist, an essayist, a playwright, and a social and political commentator, he was the author of numerous novels--the first, Williwaw, written when he was twenty-one--as well as scripts for film, television and the stage, including the...
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