false 3212034 9 3245713 book 6 11 2008 The Fire Gospel (Myths) total:80|5:0|4:0|3:3|2:0|1:1| 80 233 164 25 4 2 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 11 19:49:13 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 15 07:47:58 -0800 2008
Faber's novel is more novel-ish, maybe novelette, an update of the Prometheus legend for the Myths series. A tightly-wound, underwhelming scholar of Aramaic happens upon a lost gospel, and translates--dreaming of big bucks and fame, but unleash...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 13:00:20 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 18:01:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 true false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 15 11:53:51 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 01 20:50:08 -0800 2009 once

This book had so much potential and it let me down. Faber is great with description and even though I did not like the book his writing kept me moving along. I know that the book is fictional, yet I was not able to believe the premise of the story an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 12 05:05:57 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 05:09:04 -0700 2009
But that would be underestimating author Michel Faber, whose bestselling 2003 novel The Crimson Peta...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:17:39 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 08:08:40 -0800 2009 actually knew Jesus and was written to tell the truth about his life (more specifically his death), unlike the gospels we know which were probabl...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:25:45 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:26:45 -0800 2009 Faber, Michal – standalone
Canongate, 2008, UK Hardcover – ISBN: 9781847672780

First Sentence: The museum curator swung open another antique door and, as if on cue, a lion’s head fell off its body.
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This book needed to be at least twice as long, with a slower build-up and many more scenes of the damage Theo Grippen's book was causing to the faithful. It needed detail...everywhere, but especially the endin...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 17:56:18 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 23:14:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 30 10:12:52 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 10:15:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 12:16:24 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 04:29:41 -0800 2009 adored Michel Faber's book The Crimson Petal and the White. This book didn't disappoint at all. It's a thin book, which is rather nice because TCPATW is such a dense and meaty read. Yet Faber's writing just pulls you right into th...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 17:00:43 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 17:03:47 -0800 2009 The DaVinci Code, for example).more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Mar 06 11:27:18 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 11:30:14 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 08 20:06:05 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 20:07:41 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 06:19:18 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 06:20:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 11:48:05 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 11:49:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 13:17:06 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 10:24:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:01:58 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:03:23 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3212034