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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.

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I really like John Niven and the filthier and funnier he is the better. Here, it's not so much religion that is being satirised (although it does come in for quite a lot of stick), it is humanity, or our lack of it, as we fight amongst ourselves and pursue ridiculously unnecessary goals - fame, wealth, religious righteousness etc. Basically God has been away fishing for a celestial week and in the earthly equivalent of that time, 400 years, we've really screwed things up so God interrupts JC jamming with Hendrix in Heaven and sends him back to earth to sort things out by winning American Pop Idol and saving humanity. Well that's the plan... God and JC come out of this really well, less so religion. The book moves along at a brisk pace and is populated by some great characters and I was delighted to see Niven anti - hero Steven Stelfox make a cameo appearance as a Simon Cowell like figure. If you like John Niven or just like funny satires on the modern condition then this is a book for you.




Irreverent Satire: 'Be Nice'

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Loved loved loved this! Funny sad, cool, everything. I love john Niven very very much

Awesome!

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Absolutely hilarious in parts. This book is a great read. John is a true wordsmith. Get this book.

Hand's down one of the best books I've read.

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What an amazing book. Satire of life of Brian, observational commentary of the wire with a surreal twist worthy of Marabou Stalk by Irvine Welsh!

Couldn’t put this down. Loved kill your friends and The Amateurs but this one takes the biscuit!

Life of Brian meets the Wire with Irvine Welsh on drums!

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The best audiobook I've listened to in a long time! Refreshingly different; a great modern retelling of Jesus' story. Light for the most part; with some thought provoking points. Really enjoyed it.

Very very good

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