Messiah
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When 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.
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Subjects
- Cults
- Fiction
- Religious aspects
- Religious aspects of Suicide
- Suicide
- Messianism
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Religion
- Americans
- Science fiction
- Bible
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Edition1968 · Heinemann
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0434829560
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External search linksEdition1980 · Gregg Press
- Extent
- 250 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0839825994
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External search linksEdition1998 · Penguin Books
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0141180390
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External search linksMass Market PaperbackJuly 12, 1984 · Ballantine Books
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0345321057
- EAN-13
- 9780345321053
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External search linksMass Market PaperbackApril 12, 1987 · Ballantine Books
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0345339177
- EAN-13
- 9780345339171
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External search linksEditionJanuary 1, 1998 · Penguin Classics
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0141180390
- EAN-13
- 9780141180397
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External search linksEdition1965 · Little, Brown
- Extent
- 243 pages
- Language
- English
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External search linksEdition1954 · Dutton
- Extent
- 254 pages
- Language
- English, DUT
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