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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...
Rating: 4* of fiveThe Book Description: Brimming with wit and humor, Lazarus Is Dead transcends genres as it recounts the story of a great friendship lost and re-found.In the gospels Jesus is described as having only one friend, and when this friend dies, Jesus does something that he does nowhere el...
Still started out in 2010 as an exhibition to mark Hornsey Town Hall’s 75th anniversary. This building opened in 1935 and is considered one of the foremost examples of architecture of it’s time and was the first major UK building to be constructed in the Modernist style. During it’s time it has host...
At a gala performance of Jesus Christ Superstar, comedienne Victoria Wood was asked what she thought of the show. "It's very sad," she said, "he dies in the end you know." Here, it is Jesus's friend Lazarus who dies, not at the end but in the middle. Then comes back to life again - thanks to his chi...
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