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- Author of Emma Who Saved My Life and Lookaway, Lookaway Gospel concerns the search for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake the foundations of Christianity.
- About the Author: Wilton Barnhardt is the author of the author of three other novels: Show World, Lookaway, Lookaway and Emma Who Saved My Life.
- 816 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Religious
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About the Book
The search is on for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake the foundations of Christianity. The narrative races through dozens of locales as a theologian and an ex-priest pursue rumors and clues about the gospel. In the end, what they discover will challenge and forever change the nature of faith.Book Synopsis
Author of Emma Who Saved My Life and Lookaway, Lookaway
Gospel concerns the search for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake the foundations of Christianity. Wilton Barnhardt's narrative races through three continents, nine countries, and dozens of colorful locales, as two characters--shy theological student Lucy Dantan and hard-drinking, disillusioned ex-Jesuit Patrick O'Hanrahan--pursue rumors and clues about the gospel's whereabouts and contents. In the end, what they discover will challenge and forever change the nature of faith.
Review Quotes
"A splendid novel on all counts." --Colleen McCullough, The New York Times Book Review
"A robust mix of prodigious scholarship and engaging plot." --Chicago Tribune "Barnhardt's erudition is astonishing, yet it's totally accessible. If you loved Byatt's Possession, Palliser's Quincunx, or Eco's Name of the Rose, then here is the big, addictive epic you've been waiting for." --Diane Wakoski "Barnhardt is a real find....An entertainer of the first order." --Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio "Barnhardt has got such great imagination and wit, and erudition enough to re-create the gospel itself in these pages, that this is the kind of book...you want to linger with and relish." --Alan Cheuse, national Public RadioAbout the Author
Wilton Barnhardt is the author of the author of three other novels: Show World, Lookaway, Lookaway and Emma Who Saved My Life. A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he teaches fiction in the master of fine arts in creative writing program at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he lives.