When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Gore Vidal's deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published in 1954, eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the Heaven's Gate suicide cult.
| ISBN: | 9780141180397 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1998 |
| Author: | Gore Vidal |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 244 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Satirical fiction and parodies General Fiction |
When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Gore Vidal's deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published in 1954, eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the Heaven's Gate suicide cult.
Messiah features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Satirical fiction and parodies, General Fiction
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Messiah was written by Gore Vidal and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group
Messiah has 244 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics series