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The Messiah of Morris Avenue

A Novel

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The Messiah of Morris Avenue

著者: Tony Hendra
ナレーター: John Bedford Lloyd
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In The Messiah of Morris Avenue, Tony Hendra—the acclaimed satirist and New York Times bestselling author of Father Joe—poses the question: would we recognize the messiah if he appeared today? And delivers, in the words of Frank McCourt, “just what the country needs now—a good dose of merriment in the face of crawthumping righteousness.”

In the not so distant future, the tide of righteousness—in the form of executions, barking evangelists, tank-like SUVs, and a movie industry run entirely by the Christian right—has swept the nation. Aside from the non-white, the non-Christian, and the non-wealthy, all are believers.

Among the skeptics is a washed-up journalist named Johnny Greco, who hears of a media-shy young man known as “Jay” roaming through ghettos, healing the sick, and tossing off miracles. Soft-spoken and shabbily dressed, Jay is an unlikely savior for this anxious and intolerant America.

But as he makes his rounds, gathers followers, and makes furious enemies among the righteous powers that be, Johnny finds it harder and harder to doubt him.

©2006 Tony Hendra; (P)2006 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC
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<p>“Extraordinay, luminescent, profound.... I beg you to read this book....we need <i>Father Joe</i> now.” —<i>Andrew Sullivan, The New York Times Book Review on Father Joe</i><br><br>“<i>Father Joe</i> is a many-layered memoir of a God-driven Englishman.... I could easiley have read the whole book in one sitting, but it's too rich, too powerful.... Like me, you might cherish this book so much you'll keep it on the shelf besides Saint Augustine, Saint Teresa of Avila, and Thomas Merton.” —<i>Frank McCourt on Father Joe</i><br><br>“I picked up <i>Father Joe</i> intending to read just a couple of pages and found that I couldn't put it down until I'd finished it. The nature of a wise man, and the true nature of what wisdom feels like in action, are beautifully captured... The book's last episode brought unexpected tears to my weary eyes.” —<i>Adam Gopnik on Father Joe</i></p>
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