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  • The Second Coming

  • By: John Niven
  • Narrated by: Nick Landrum
  • Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (389 ratings)

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The Second Coming

By: John Niven
Narrated by: Nick Landrum
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Summary

God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance, and everything looks pretty good - so he takes a holiday. In heaven time this is just a week's fishing trip, but on Earth several hundred years go by.

When God returns, he finds all hell has broken loose: world wars, holocausts, famine, capitalism and "fucking Christians everywhere". There's only one thing for it. They're sending the kid back.

JC, reborn, is a struggling musician in New York City, trying to teach the one true commandment: be nice! His best chance to win hearts and minds is to enter American Pop Star. But the number-one show in America is the unholy creation of a record executive who's more than a match for the Son of God...Steven Stelfox.

©2015 John Niven (P)2015 Random House AudioBooks
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Laughed my head off

Very funny, deeply sarcastic but lots of love. Lol be nice, very simple message. But don't take the p*ss.

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my new testament

does anyone know where I can buy a be nice t shirt? If you like Bill Hicks religious rants, you'll like this!

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A great listen and food for thought fir all. but a Scottish Whisky opportunity missed.

Another great Stelfox story but I wondered if when talking about God drinking a 1989 Scottish malt a reference to the angels share would have worked well, now we know who drinks the 10 percent!!

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Brilliant plot, very funny, poor narrator.

not convinced as usual by a flat sounding North American narrator. Nonetheless a great plot and as usual the acidic humour of John Niven is 5 star!

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Brilliant!

John Niven is just the best author, loved this book didn't want it to end.

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A weekend read/ listen

An excellent story with an engaging narrator. Funny,thought provoking & heartbreaking. Well worth a listen.

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fantastic, best audio book by far!

Brilliant from start to finish. A book everyone should listing to. highly recommend to anyone

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Excellent!!!

One of the best books I've read in years!!!
This should be taught in schools!

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very good

I have already recommended this to 2 friends and colleagues very funny and well done

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Very funny

Would you consider the audio edition of The Second Coming to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the print version.

If you’ve listened to books by John Niven before, how does this one compare?

This is my 1st John Niven book & I shall be listening to more.

Which character – as performed by Nick Landrum – was your favourite?

Jesus Christ of course.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I could have listened in one sitting if I had the time.

Any additional comments?

Very funny, great satire on modern life & particularly religion. Great performance by the narrator except that his Scottish accent for Saint Andrew is atrocious, especially puzzling as the author is himself Scottish. I can only presume he never got to hear the performance himself.

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