The Second Coming

Paperback Published on: 07/04/2011
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Synopsis

'God's coming - look busy!' God really is coming, and he is going to be pissed. Having left his son in charge, God treated himself to a well-earned break around the height of the Renaissance. A good time to go fishing. He returns in 2011 to find things on Earth haven't gone quite to plan...The world has been rendered a human toilet: genocide; starvation; people obsessed with vacuous celebrity culture, 'and', God points out, 'there are fucking Christians everywhere'. God hates Christians. There's only one thing for it. They're sending the kid back. JC, reborn, is a struggling musician in New York City, helping people as best he can and trying to teach the one true commandment: Be Nice! Gathering disciples along the way - a motley collection of basket cases, stoners and alcoholics - he realises his best chance to win hearts and minds may lie in a TV talent contest. "American Pop Star" is the number one show in America, the unholy creation of English record executive Steven Stelfox...a man who's more than a match for the Son of God.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Cornerstone
  • ISBN: 9780434019564
  • Dimensions: 216 x 135 x 27 mm
  • Weight: 414g

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The Second Coming
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
Lainee
The Second Coming
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
pithound
The Second Coming
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
RememberTheStars
The Second Coming
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
ADW
The Second Coming
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
Angelo Varenna