Gospel - by Wilton Barnhardt (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The search is on for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake the foundations of Christianity. The narrative races through dozens of locales as a theologian and an ex-priest pursue rumors and clues about the gospel. In the end, what they discover will challenge and forever change the nature of faith.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Author of <i>Emma Who Saved My Life</i> and <i>Lookaway, Lookaway <br></i><br><i>Gospel</i> concerns the search for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake the foundations of Christianity. Wilton Barnhardt's narrative races through three continents, nine countries, and dozens of colorful locales, as two characters--shy theological student Lucy Dantan and hard-drinking, disillusioned ex-Jesuit Patrick O'Hanrahan--pursue rumors and clues about the gospel's whereabouts and contents. In the end, what they discover will challenge and forever change the nature of faith. <p/>An intellectual detective story with the erudition of Umberto Eco and the grand swirling entertainment of a nineteenth-century novel, <i>Gospel</i> is exciting, profound, revent, and terrifically funny.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A splendid novel on all counts." --<i>Colleen McCullough, The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"A robust mix of prodigious scholarship and engaging plot." --<i>Chicago Tribune</i> <p/>"Barnhardt's erudition is astonishing, yet it's totally accessible. If you loved Byatt's <i>Possession</i>, Palliser's <i>Quincunx</i>, or Eco's <i>Name of the Rose</i>, then here is the big, addictive epic you've been waiting for." --<i>Diane Wakoski</i> <p/>"Barnhardt is a real find....An entertainer of the first order." --<i>Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio</i> <p/>"Barnhardt has got such great imagination and wit, and erudition enough to re-create the gospel itself in these pages, that this is the kind of book...you want to linger with and relish." --<i>Alan Cheuse, national Public Radio</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Wilton Barnhardt is the author of the author of three other novels: <i>Show World</i>, <i>Lookaway, Lookaway </i>and <i>Emma Who Saved My Life</i>. A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he teaches fiction in the master of fine arts in creative writing program at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he lives.</p>
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