The Second Coming
von John Niven
384 Seiten; 197 mm x 130 mm
Sprache English
2014 Random House UK; Vintage, London
ISBN 978-0-09-959213-6
Besprechung
Believe me, this book is going to cause one almighty stink...Deeply, intelligently satirical. In lesser hands it could easily have become a crass rant. Yet Niven provides hilarious, perceptive entertainment...Only the truly ignorant will take offence. But then they usually do Henry Sutton The Mirror, Book of the Week ****
Kurztext / Annotation
Die Ankunft Gottes steht unmittelbar bevor und diesmal ist er richtig schlechter Laune. So um die Zeit der Renaissance hat er sich eine wohlverdiente Auszeit genommen und hat die laufenden Geschäfte seinem Sohn übergeben. Doch jeder Urlaub ist mal zu Ende und Gottes genau im Jahre 2011. Ganz offensichtlich hat seine Urlaubsvertretung seine Pläne nicht ganz in seinem Sinne weiter verfolgt und die Welt ist zur Kloake verkommen. Da gibt es nur eine Lösung: Jesus muss nochmal runter und die Dinge richten. Und was läge näher, um in möglichst kurzer Zeit eine große Popularität zu erlangen, als in der Casting Show 'American Pop Star' aufzutreten...
Langtext
God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance and everything looks pretty good - so he takes a holiday. In Heaven-time this is just a week's fishing trip, but on Earth several hundred years go by. When God returns, he finds all hell has broken loose: world wars, holocausts, famine, capitalism and 'fucking Christians everywhere'. There's only one thing for it. They're sending the kid back.
JC, reborn, is a struggling musician in New York City, trying to teach the one true commandment: Be Nice! His best chance to win hearts and minds is to enter American Pop Star. But the number one show in America is the unholy creation of a record executive who's more than a match for the Son of God ... Steven Stelfox.
Biografische Anmerkung zu den Verfassern
John Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire. He is the author of ten novels and has written for a wide range of publications, including a weekly column for the Scottish Sunday Mail. He lives in Buckinghamshire.
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