The Night of God's Suicide
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ISBN10: 1450759424
ISBN13: 9781450759427
Publisher: Robert Barnes Vincelette Jr
Published: Jan 24 2011
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781450759427
Publisher: Robert Barnes Vincelette Jr
Published: Jan 24 2011
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This is savage satire on religious fundamentalism and pop culture. Mephistopheles took over the religions of the world and after thousands of years of holy wars, genocides, inquisitions and holocausts, will unite his religions and establish his kingdom on Earth. Trailer Park Buford, college football hero, is arrested for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, but because he is so passionately admired by sports fans, corporate America spends billions on his defense. The oratory in the trial is so brilliant that bin Laden, who sees it on television, concludes that Buford is the Seventh Mullah, makes peace with the television evangelism industry, and Buford becomes Buford Christ. Mephistopheles' new religion turns the world into a low class trailer park that is so ugly that it causes God to begin His suicide. But little Laurie, the only child to survive an encounter with Buford, stands alone and fights back against Mephistopheles as the stars go out. The universe hangs in the balance.
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