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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blasphemous and un-put-downable
Entirely blasphemous. Astonishingly simple. Entirely engaging and written in such a black vein of humour that you won't be able to help yourself. Questions the foundation of the Christian faith: can you ever remain certain that it was Christ who was nailed to that Cross having read this? If you loved Monty Python's "The Life of Brian" you'll adore this book.
Published on November 15, 2001 by clare pitcher
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant idea drowning in American controversialism
The idea of the plot in »Live From Golgotha« is so simple it's genius: the battle about transmitting live from the crucifixion of Jesus. I wonder why nobody has got that idea before. That alone is enough to deserve one star. But the story itself does not deserve more than an additional two stars. It drowns in overexposed attempts to be controversial, in the typical...
Published on January 1, 2000 by Bjorn Clasen
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blasphemous and un-put-downable,
By clare pitcher (london, london United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Live from Golgotha (Hardcover)
Entirely blasphemous. Astonishingly simple. Entirely engaging and written in such a black vein of humour that you won't be able to help yourself. Questions the foundation of the Christian faith: can you ever remain certain that it was Christ who was nailed to that Cross having read this?If you loved Monty Python's "The Life of Brian" you'll adore this book.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant idea drowning in American controversialism,
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This review is from: Live from Golgotha (Hardcover)
The idea of the plot in »Live From Golgotha« is so simple it's genius: the battle about transmitting live from the crucifixion of Jesus. I wonder why nobody has got that idea before. That alone is enough to deserve one star.But the story itself does not deserve more than an additional two stars. It drowns in overexposed attempts to be controversial, in the typical American way of wanting to provoke the authorities of moral. This novel is a mixture of the movies »Back To The Future« (I, II and III), »Life Of Brian« and »12 Monkeys« and the filmatization of »The Last Temptation Of Christ«. Gore Vidal has a lot of good ideas but he does not seem to tidy up in order to "kill his darlings" among them. However, Vidal's humour has a certain level, balancing on the thin line between Woody Allen'ism and blasphemy. (Being an atheist, I am not the right person to judge whether the author actually does step over the line and into blasphemy). But the story fades, in and out. Mostly out, towards the end of the book. Compared to the expectations you start with, knowing the plot, it fades to disappointment. So, reading »Live From Golgotha«, you get some good laughs, a few chills because of Vidal's close-to-blasphemy, from time to time some excitement about how the story is going to develop... but in the end, closing the book, the feeling is kind of empty.
1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Live from Golgotha (Hardcover)
This book is a disgrace. My copy is going in the trash immediately. As a Christian, I don't want to keep at least this copy in the market. If it was possible to give zero stars I would do so.
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Live from Golgotha by Gore Vidal (Hardcover - September 1, 1992)
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