The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (Myths) (Canons) (Text Myth)

by Philip Pullman

Pullman reimagines the life of Jesus in this fiercely subversive retelling of the most influential story ever told.

• ISBN10: 080212996X
• ISBN13: 9780802129963
• Publish Date: 4 May 2010 (first published 1 April 2010)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 13 March 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Canongate Us
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 256
• Language: English

Reviews

[Eve1972]

This was just OK for me. The concept is interesting, Mary gives birth to two boys, one she names Jesus the other Christ. Christ represents the church and how it has exploited the "historical" Jesus through out the ages. Like I said, a good concept, but as it was presented in this book, not at all that thought provoking. The novel is pretty short, with short chapters (with all those Bible stories you learned as a child) which makes it an easy read. I wish it had been longer, delved deeper and had not been so blatantly obvious what the author was trying to say.