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When Jesus Christ arrives uninvited at your flat, and gently but firmly advises you to clean up your life, well, naturally, you do as you’re told When Nick is 13, he loses his parents in a car crash. His sister, seven years his elder, is left to look after him. As he grows up, she longs to lose this brotherly millstone around her neck, but he cannot bear the thought of losing her protection. So Nick goes to extremes to retain her care and attention, putting himself, his girlfriend, and others in harm's way, striking up with a gang, and administering violence to order. One day he goes so far that as a suicide attempt. On the other side of tragedy, he returns to his flat to find an intruder on his sofa a biker who proves immune to Nick's menace. The biker convinces Nick, first, that he is Jesus Christ, and, second, that he must now take charge of Nick's life. Nick is moved to return to his home village, where he sets about reconstructing himself, and doing penance for his failures. He even finds love anew. But does he know what to do with it? And has he really learned anything from his sister or from his miraculous new mentor?
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Lars Husum has written for the screen and directed films. He is also the author of I am an Army.
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"A fearless, funny debut, absurdist, chaotic, yet oddly life-affirming ... A startling book" —Guardian
"A remarkable tragicomic tale about trust and friendship and how individual actions dictate the lives around you" —Financial Times
"Extremely funny - a tender yet on-the-edge tale of redemption" —Big Issue
"Husum explores the unfashionable idea of submitting to another's will, and how in these individualistic times, that step may be the best thing someone can do" —Herald
"A remarkable tragicomic tale about trust and friendship and how individual actions dictate the lives around you" —Financial Times
"Extremely funny - a tender yet on-the-edge tale of redemption" —Big Issue
"Husum explores the unfashionable idea of submitting to another's will, and how in these individualistic times, that step may be the best thing someone can do" —Herald
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1846272092
- ISBN 13 9781846272097
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages366
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