Könyv jellemzők | |
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Kiadó | Alma Books |
Célcsoport | Felnőtt |
Oldalszám | 270 |
Kötés | Fűzött |
Súly | 0.310 kg |
Méret (cm) | 19.5x13.0x2.0 |
ISBN | 9781846880841 |
Nyelv | Angol |
Nyelvi szint | C2-anyanyelvi |
Kiadás éve | 2018 |
hogy ő maga az Isten. A kacagtatóan mulatságos szatirikus regény Angliában és Amerikában is remek kritikákat kapott.
A könyv magyar kiadása Megváltás Miamiban címen jelent meg.
Using the credit card and identity of a handcuffs salesman, professional failure Tyndale Corbett arrives in
Miami for a law enforcement conference to discover the joys of luxury hotels and above all the delight of being someone else, someone successful. Feeling his previous lack of success might be due to insufficient ambition, Tyndale decides on a new
money-making scheme. He will up the ante substantially, exponentially and pretend to be someone really important and successful: God. His mission to convince the citizenry of Miami that he is, despite appearances, the Supreme Being results in him taking
over the Church of the Heavily Armed Christ. His duties there involve him in forming a private army, hiring call girls, trafficking coke, issuing death threats, beating off church-jackers and sorting out (as almightily as possible) various problems his
parishioners are having with pets. All the while he is working on his grand project, the clincher miracle, dying and coming back to life