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Signs and Wonders: A Novel

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i picked it up looking for a dark chuckle and i was wellrewarded. the messiah returns, choosing for his apostles a group ofthe slimiest criminals europe could produce. their trek through millennium europe towards eurodisney leads straight through public officials unwilling to be seen as modern pilates and gullible believers with a decidedly modern, violent and sexual outlook on what it takes to be saved. it has weak elements; the messiah is vague as a character. he is virtually absent from the book. he has little to say and there is no background info for him that might have given his coming more impact, but the overall story is the reaction to his coming by a world willing to be duped. watching this parade is more fun than worrying too much about who is leading.

If you haven't read the editorial review or the book flap, which give away so much as to ruin much of the effect, it's an interesting, imaginative, and unusual read.

However 375 pages milks the ideas for all they are worth, and makes the same points repeatedly, so that gradually I cared less and less about the outcome no matter how much the author attempted to keep the suspense going. I read to the end but the ending seemed to make no great difference. Seems it could be cut to maybe 200 pages...

Recommended if you enjoy the surreal, satirical, allegorical, have an interest in spiritual subjects, and have some extra time...I would not however pay full price.

A very creative imagination places this entertaining story with its messiah in Disneyland, of all places. That's a first.