Gothic novelist Anne Rice attempts a story about the most mysterious Person in history. Newsweek’s David Gates writes:
Rice knows “Out of Egypt” and its projected sequels—three, she thinks—could alienate her following; as she writes in the afterword, “I was ready to do violence to my career.” But she sees a continuity with her old books, whose compulsive, conscience-stricken evildoers reflect her long spiritual unease. “I mean, I was in despair.” In that afterword she calls Christ “the ultimate supernatural hero … the ultimate immortal of them all.”
Dang, Richard, you beat me to blogging about this! I didn’t know that Rice
I’m a little leery of her new book, though — she isn’t writing non-fiction, but using spurious works such as the Gospel of Thomas isn’t a good sign. But maybe it’s harmless.