The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
You can also read Philip Pullman’s introduction to the first Myths boxset on this site.
This is a story. In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to resonate long after the final page is turned. For, above all, this book is about how stories become stories.
This book is available in hardback with two different covers, audiobook editions and an enhanced ebook.
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Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England in 1946 and grew up in Zimbabwe and Wales. He worked as a teacher for many years and his first children’s novel, Count Karlstein, came out in 1982. The Ruby in the Smoke, the first of the Sally Lockhart quartet of Victorian thrillers, was published in 1985. He has won many awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children’s Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and a CBE. His acclaimed trilogy, His Dark Materials, has been published in 39 languages, and was the subject of a hugely successful adaptation at the National Theatre in 2003-4 and 2004-5. Once Upon a Time in the North was published in April 2008. Philip Pullman lives in Oxford with his wife, and has two sons.
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Surely not? After all the discussion requesting hardback editions of the series being met with a response of demand-justified paperback only editions, we now have the same book being offered in hardback with two different covers! Justified by demand? Am I right to be incredulous?
Each book is assessed individually and a decision is then taken on its publishing. There is no hard and fast rule for the binding of the Myths books as we believe they stand alone as novels in their own right. Please check the comments on previous posts, as Canongate has never claimed otherwise.
Loved it. In reviewing it fully I took the angle from, “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” Quote:” It is import ant to be able to step along the hero’s journey and understand the ever repeated rhythms within it. Whether it is the ancient story of the Minotaur, the modern tale of the Sky walker or the encom¬passing monomyth of Jesus, the story goes on and will be retold in the same forms forever.“ Full review here: http://www.outsidecontext.com/2010/04/06/the-good-man-jesus-and-the-scoundrel-christ-book-review/
I found this at a bookstore a few days ago, and have begun to read it. Only today have I realized that it is part of the “Myths” series, from a note on one of the last pages of the book. With the early volumes of this series, the jacket had the logo for the series on the front; it is nowhere to be found on this jacket. Was there a special reason for this?
The logo is on the back of the jacket for this book. As you can see, the jacket design would not work with the logo in front.
Hard back – but different size, just to really annoy collectors.
realy enjoyed the book 8.5/10 theres a full review on my blog so go ahead and click my name
[...] The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman. I had this on pre-order, and received it as soon as it was released. On the back of the book it says in gold lettering “This is a STORY.” Part of the myths series from Canongate. As with all of Pullman’s novels it makes the reader think about what they are reading. No doubt there will be some people offended by his version, but as is clearly stated on the back cover, it’s a story, and as a story, and part of the myth series should be taken as just that, just another take on a particular myth. I loved it, but I am a big fan of Philip Pullman’s work. [...]