[bksvol-discuss] American Savior, by Roland Murillo
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:46:13 -0700 (PDT)
A member is very anxious to read American Savior, by Roland Murillo. I've
posted a description from PW below. It sounds like a very funny book but not to
everyone's taste.
Cindy
From Publishers' Weekly: "When Jesus Christ turns up in West Zenith, Mass.,
Catholics, Jews and atheists unite to help him realize his plan of becoming
America's next president in this hilarious novel from Merullo (Breakfast with
Buddha). Chief adviser to the Jesus for America campaign is Russ Thomas, a
cynical TV journalist who sets out to convince the American public that Jesus
is the real deal. Jesus' chances of being elected seem slim as he faces
skepticism from both ends of the political spectrum over his platform of
kindness and goodness and the fact that he names his mother as his running
mate. But as Jesus hits the campaign trail, Russ and his team begin to have
faith in their candidate, themselves and humanity. Most enjoyable are the
takedowns of thinly veiled political journalists: there's loud-mouthed,
insult-spewing Anne Canter and Bulf Spritzer, a decent guy [who] can never
quite convince the viewer that he isn't ecstatic about being in the
limelight. The result is, for the most part, an uproarious satire, hampered
only by Merullo's occasional slips into the preachiness about morality that he
so harshly mocks. (Aug.)
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