The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
- 21 Sep 2017
- 9781786891952
- £9.99
- 272 pp
- 129×198mm
- 1 Apr 2010
- 9781847678287
- £7.99
- 272 pp
- 1 Apr 2010
- 9781847678485
- £17.99
- 3 hrs 29 min
In a few words
The number one Sunday Times bestseller from award-winning and critically acclaimed author Philip Pullman
In a few words
The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller from award-winning and critically acclaimed author Philip Pullman
In a few words
Philip Pullman retells the story of Jesus in this explosive addition to Canongate’s Myths series
Pullman at his very best
A supreme storyteller . . . Pullman has done the story a service by reminding us of its extraordinary power to provoke and disturb
Pullman at his very best
A supreme storyteller . . . Pullman has done the story a service by reminding us of its extraordinary power to provoke and disturb
A supreme storyteller . . . Pullman has done the story a service by reminding us of its extraordinary power to provoke and disturb.
Salley Vickers
TelegraphStriking and suggestive.
Boyd Tonkin
IndependentMore about
the book
‘If I vanished he wouldn’t notice, if I died he wouldn’t care. I think of him all the time, and he thinks of me not at all. I love him, and my love torments me. There are times when I feel like a ghost beside him; as if he alone is real, and I’m just a daydream.’
This is the story of two brothers. One is impassioned and one reserved. One is destined to go down in history and the other to be forgotten.
In Pullman’s hands, this sacred tale is reborn as one of the most enchanting, thrilling and visionary stories of recent years.
The Myths series brings together some of the world’s finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.
More about
the book
‘If I vanished he wouldn’t notice, if I died he wouldn’t care. I think of him all the time, and he thinks of me not at all. I love him, and my love torments me. There are times when I feel like a ghost beside him; as if he alone is real, and I’m just a daydream.’
This is the story of two brothers.
One is impassioned and one reserved.
One is destined to go down in history and the other to be forgotten.
In Pullman’s hands, this sacred tale is reborn as one of the most enchanting, thrilling and visionary stories of recent years.
More about
the book
This is the story of two brothers. One is impassioned and one reserved. One is destined to go down in history and the other to be forgotten.
In Philip Pullman’s hands, this sacred tale is reborn as one of the most enchanting, thrilling and visionary stories of recent years.
A fierce and beautiful book which . . . will move even those who disagree with it
It is a small gem or, given its explosive story and its exquisite artistry, a hand grenade made by Fabergé
Beautifully written, humane, memorable and resonant
Philip Hensher
Beautifully effective . . . Pullman's retelling of the central story in western civilisation provides a brilliant new interpretation that is also a thought-provoking reflection on the process of how stories come into existence and accrue their meanings
Nick Rennison
Sunday TimesA fierce and beautiful book which . . . will move even those who disagree with it
It is a small gem or, given its explosive story and its exquisite artistry, a hand grenade made by Fabergé
Beautifully written, humane, memorable and resonant
Philip Hensher
Beautifully effective . . . Pullman's retelling of the central story in western civilisation provides a brilliant new interpretation that is also a thought-provoking reflection on the process of how stories come into existence and accrue their meanings
Nick Rennison
Sunday TimesBeautifully written, humane, memorable and resonant.
Philip Hensher
A fierce and beautiful book which . . . will move even those who disagree with it . . . Though he wears his scholarship lightly as befits a master storyteller, there is no doubt in my mind that Pullman has a complete grasp of the intricacies of the quest for the historical Jesus.
Richard Holloway
ObserverBeautifully effective . . . Pullman's retelling of the central story in western civilisation provides a brilliant new interpretation that is also a thought-provoking reflection on the process of how stories come into existence and accrue their meanings.
Nick Rennison
Sunday TimesIt is a small gem or, given its explosive story and its exquisite artistry, a hand grenade made by Fabergé.
Brian Appleyard
Sunday Times
Philip Pullman
View profilePhilip Pullman was born in Norwich in 1946 and grew up in Zimbabwe and Wales. As one of the most highly respected children’s authors writing today, he has won many prestigious awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children’s Book Award and the Whitbread Award. His acclaimed fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials, has been published into 40 languages and sold 17.5 million copies worldwide. He lives in Oxford with his wife, and has two sons.
Philip Pullman
View profilePhilip Pullman was born in Norwich in 1946 and grew up in Zimbabwe and Wales. As one of the most highly respected children’s authors writing today, he has won many prestigious awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the GuardianChildren’s Book Award and the Whitbread Award. His acclaimed fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials, has been published into 40 languages and sold 17.5 million copies worldwide. He lives in Oxford with his wife, and has two sons.
Philip Pullman
View profilePhilip Pullman was born in Norwich, England, in 1946 and grew up in Zimbabwe and Wales. He worked as a teacher for many years and his first children’s novel, Count Karlstein, came out in 1982. The Ruby in the Smoke, the first of the Sally Lockhart quartet of Victorian thrillers, was published in 1985.
He has won many awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children’s Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and a CBE. His acclaimed trilogy, His Dark Materials, has been published in 39 languages, and was the subject of a hugely successful adaptation at the National Theatre in 2003-4 and 2004-5. Once Upon a Time in the North was published in April 2008.
Philip Pullman lives in Oxford with his wife, and has two sons.
