Synopsis
God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance and everything looks pretty good - so he takes a holiday. In Heaven-time this is just a week's fishing trip, but on Earth several hundred years go by. When God returns, he finds all hell has broken loose: world wars, holocausts, famine, capitalism and Christians. Everywhere. There's only one thing for it. They're sending the kid back. JC, reborn, is a struggling musician in New York City, trying to teach the one true commandment: Be Nice! His best chance to win hearts and minds is to enter American Pop Star. But the number one show in America is the unholy creation of a record executive who's more than a match for the Son of God...Steven Stelfox.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099535522
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 24 mm
- Weight: 273g
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brilliant!
This is such a funny thought provoking book. The characterisation is brilliant and it is extremely witty. However there is so much more to it, it sends out... READ MORE
John Niven on top form
John Niven's third novel is by far his funniest. I laughed out loud many times. Thoroughly recommended to readers who like uber modern fiction and who don'... READ MORE
Great...Unless you're a Christian
The cover of The Second Coming will entice any atheist to pick it up off a shelf; and its contents don't dissapoint. The Second Coming is just plain hilari... READ MORE
A childish attempt to revile God.
This book ridicules the God I love. One day Jesus IS going to return and Mr Niven will be held accountable.
What a shame that he has alienated the millions... READ MORE
The Second Coming
Brilliant book - too bad that most people who would need to read it would most probably never do so (I'm referring to fundamentalists of every kind and to ... READ MORE