Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, a TV crew will record the Crucifixion, live from Golgotha, in order to boost NBC in the ratings war. In this iconoclastic novel, Vidal japes at the expense of religion, history and taste, mixing Hollywood tough talk with biblical jargon and camp.
Live From Golgotha
β Scribed by Gore Vidal
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 286 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780140027662
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Many years ago, one of their number writes a political book. Time passes and their opinions about the book change. The theft of a wife further embroils the situation. Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement.
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