Live From Golgotha by Gore Vidal
Blurb for the back cover:
"felt 30 pages longer than it needed to be"
It was a conversation with a friend about genital mutilation that led to me reading this book. In particular the opening chapter in which Timothy has a dream about the time he was circumcised as a teenager only to end up holding an in-dream conversation with Saint Peter. Clearly this is going to be a rather odd book.
This is the first book I’ve read by Gore Vidal who apparently one of those writers who is held in high regard. Live From Golgotha is the tale of Timothy who later becomes Saint Timothy as he recalls his time spent with Saint Peter in an effort to preserve the New Testament from being erased from history. It all start with the in-dream conversation where St. Peter tells him that the greatest story ever told is being untold and erased from history, from tapes, by an unknown hacker. Now it is up to Timothy to retell what happened in order to save the story. It should be noted that this book was published back when floppy disks were still pretty neat and computer hackers were a real threat to everyone. 1992 was weird. But speaking of weird, Timothy starts getting visitors from the future when a Sony television is delivered to his house (back in like 98 A.D.) and he is getting offers to host a live broadcast of the Crucifixion by a mysterious man from the future.
The book itself was a little slow at times and I had to struggle to get it finished. It’s not that I didn’t like it but it felt 30 pages longer than it needed to be. Mixed in to the plot are clever little satirical pokes at culture scattered throughout the story like Timothy’s wife’s disdain over how their newly delivered TV is essentially rotting their brain. The big twist at the ending, however hard it was to get through the middle, was well worth those 30 pages and saved the book from being a rather confusing story with a happy ending and made it a rather confusing story with an ending that fits perfectly.
While reading this book I couldn’t help but think of Christopher Moore ‘s Lamb: The Gosple According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal , which is a fantastic novel, and what influence this book may have had on it if any. I’m also curious if there are any other books out there similar to Live From Golgotha and Lamb . Any ideas?
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