The fire gospel

Michel Faber

earliest edition we have, 2008 Canongate, 2008 213 pages

The myths series

Theo Griepenkerl is a modest academic with an Olympian ego. When he visits a looted museum in Iraq, looking for treasures he can ship back to Canada, he finds nine papyrus scrolls that have lain hidden for two thousand years. Once translated from Aramaic, these prove to be a fifth Gospel, written by an eyewitness of Jesus Christ's last days. But when Theo decides to share this sensational discovery with the world, he...

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Editions we hold

Fire Gospel edition · 2012 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802194190
The Fire Gospel paperback · 2010 · Grove Press · 224 pages · 9780802144744
Fire Gospel edition · 2009 · Canongate Books · 224 pages · 9781847672797
The Fire Gospel paperback · 2009 · Canongate Books Ltd. · 9781847676047
The fire gospel edition · 2008 · ISIS · 150 pages · 9780753181928
The fire gospel edition · 2008 · A.A. Knopf Canada · 213 pages · 9780307397645
The Fire Gospel edition · 2008 · Canongate Books · 9781847674104
The fire gospel edition · 2008 · Canongate · 213 pages · 9781847671837
The fire gospel edition · 2008 · Canongate · 213 pages · 9781847673107

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