The fire gospel

Description:

Theo Griepenkerl is a modest academic with an Olympian ego. When he visits a looted museum in Iraq, looking for treasures he can ship back to Canada, he finds nine papyrus scrolls that have lain hidden for two thousand years. Once translated from Aramaic, these prove to be a fifth Gospel, written by an eyewitness of Jesus Christ's last days. But when Theo decides to share this sensational discovery with the world, he fails to imagine the impact the new Gospel will have on Christians, Arabs, homicidal maniacs and Amazon customers alike. Like Prometheus's gift of fire, it has incendiary consquences. The Fire Gospel is an enthralling novel about the power of words to resonate across centuries, and inspire and disrupt in equal measure. Wickedly provocative, hilarious and shocking by turns, it is a revelatory piece of storytelling by a writer at the height of his powers.

subjects: Bible,  Scrolls,  Christian antiquities,  Literature,  Fiction,  Authorship,  Destruction and pillage,  Archaeological thefts,  Iraq War, 2003-,  Iraq War, 2003-2011,  Archeological thefts,  Fiction, suspense,  Fiction, christian, general,  Canada, fiction,  Jesus christ, fiction,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction, historical, general,  Iraq, fiction,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Iraq war, 2003-2011, fiction,  Fiction, thrillers, suspense,  Antiquités chrétiennes,  Romans, nouvelles

Places: Iraq