'The Fire Gospel' by Michel Faber is a modern retelling of the Prometheus myth, where Canadian academic Theo Griepenkerl discovers a set of scrolls in Iraq written by Malchus, an eyewitness to the Crucifixion of Christ. Theo translates these scrolls, which become known as the Fifth Gospel, and leads to fame and fortune. The book delves into the impact of this discovery on Theo's life, the conflicts between faith and facts, and the satire on modern culture and publishing industry.
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Content warnings include themes of violence, religious fanaticism, and the trivialization of serious subjects through humor.
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From The New York Times best-selling author of The Crimson Petal and the White , Michel Faber's The Fire Gospel is a wickedly funny, acid-tongued, media-savvy picaresque that delves into our sensationalist culture. Theo Griepenkerl, a Canadian linguistics scholar, is sent to Iraq in search of artifacts that have survived the destruction and looting of the war. While visiting a museum in Mosul, he finds nine papyrus scrolls tucked in the belly of a basrelief sculpture: they have been perfectly preserved for more than two thousand years. After smuggling them out of Iraq and translating them from Aramaic, Theo realizes the extent of his career-making find, for he is in possession of the Fifth Gospel, and it offers a shocking and incomparable eyewitness account of Christ's crucifixion and last days on Earth. A hugely entertaining, and by turns shocking story, The Fire Gospel is a smart, stylish, and suspenseful novel.
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