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Mr. Millennium
Besides being a much more stylish and ironic take on the theme of "The da Vinci Code", "Mr. Millennium" is a tale - both sad and funny - of a man's complicated search for peace.
A manual laborer is taken under the very shady wing of a secret society that claims he is descended from Jesus. Surely the resulting fame, power, money and adulation will bring him the peace he needs? Or will he find that he is merely a puppet, manipulated by those who claim to care for him?
Follow Gabor Esterhazy as he goes determinedly off the rails, and his journey toward contentment becomes a dark and comic shambles of lust, deceit and mayhem.
A manual laborer is taken under the very shady wing of a secret society that claims he is descended from Jesus. Surely the resulting fame, power, money and adulation will bring him the peace he needs? Or will he find that he is merely a puppet, manipulated by those who claim to care for him?
Follow Gabor Esterhazy as he goes determinedly off the rails, and his journey toward contentment becomes a dark and comic shambles of lust, deceit and mayhem.
321 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 5, 2011
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Morgan Nyberg
17 books174 followersMorgan Nyberg was born in Ontario, Canada and grew up in farming country in southern British Columbia. After graduating from the University of British Columbia he worked as a laborer for a decade before finally settling into teaching. For most of the last 30 years he has lived abroad, teaching English as a Foreign Language in Ecuador, Portugal and the Sultanate of Oman.
His first book, The Crazy Horse Suite, a verse play, was performed on the stage in New York and was broadcast on CBC Radio. Soon after that a memoir won the CBC Literary Competition. His first venture into book-length fiction, a children's novel, Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army, won Canada's prestigious Governor General's Award. Since then he has added a further children's novel, Bad Day in Gladland; two literary novels for adults, El Dorado Shuffle and Mr. Millennium; and the post-apocalyptic Raincoast Saga, comprising The Fixer, Since Tomorrow, Birds of Passage, Medicine and Frost Oysterson. He currently lives on Vancouver Island, Canada.
His first book, The Crazy Horse Suite, a verse play, was performed on the stage in New York and was broadcast on CBC Radio. Soon after that a memoir won the CBC Literary Competition. His first venture into book-length fiction, a children's novel, Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army, won Canada's prestigious Governor General's Award. Since then he has added a further children's novel, Bad Day in Gladland; two literary novels for adults, El Dorado Shuffle and Mr. Millennium; and the post-apocalyptic Raincoast Saga, comprising The Fixer, Since Tomorrow, Birds of Passage, Medicine and Frost Oysterson. He currently lives on Vancouver Island, Canada.
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April 27, 2015
Mr. Millennium provides a penetrating look into the dark side of the human condition. We find ourselves asking, at times, how we would react if put into a similar position. The depravity of Gabor’s actions, his misuse of the so-called "present" and "opportunity" awarded him at first, not only disgusts us, but angers us. Possibly because we can identify with a part of him, however small.
I found the book very well written. We are carried along convincingly, meeting well constructed and unique characters who add significantly both to the pace and meaning of the book. The author’s detailed descriptions do not bog us down, as descriptions in many books are wont to do, but carry us effortlessly along, adding more meat and flavour to the book.
The one thing that surprises me about this book is that I am the first person to review it. This is the first book by Morgan Nyberg that I have read and I am sure to read more. Morgan is not only an expert story teller, but he is also a master of prose. I strongly recommend this book to all who want a really good thought provoking read.
I found the book very well written. We are carried along convincingly, meeting well constructed and unique characters who add significantly both to the pace and meaning of the book. The author’s detailed descriptions do not bog us down, as descriptions in many books are wont to do, but carry us effortlessly along, adding more meat and flavour to the book.
The one thing that surprises me about this book is that I am the first person to review it. This is the first book by Morgan Nyberg that I have read and I am sure to read more. Morgan is not only an expert story teller, but he is also a master of prose. I strongly recommend this book to all who want a really good thought provoking read.
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