Acts of the Assassins
by:
Richard Beard (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781846558399 (9781846558399)
Publish date: 2015-03
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 342
Edition language: English
After Blood of a Stone, this was my second Jesus-related book I incidentally read during the Easter weekend. Although I really hadn't guessed it from the blurb. I mean, would you? Gallio does counter-insurgency. But the theft of a body he's supposed to be guarding ruins his career. Bizarre rumour...
It was a complete coincidence that I chose to read this very strange novel over the Easter weekend. I knew from the blurb that it was about a cult leader and his followers but had no idea who they were. I thought it was extremely clever, at times humorous but not the easiest to read. I did feel dubi...