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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100141180390
ISBN-139780141180397
eBay Product ID (ePID)152413
Product Key Features
Book TitleMessiah
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Satire, Literary
Publication Year1998
GenreFiction
AuthorGore Vidal
Book SeriesClassic, 20th-Century, Penguin Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight7.7 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-215970
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisWhen a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Gore Vidal's deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published in 1954, eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the Heaven's Gate suicide cult.