The Thirteenth Apostle

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Title: The Thirteenth Apostle
Author: Michael, Benoit
Publisher: Alma Books
Published Date: 01-AUG-07
ISBN: 1846880289
Format: Paperback
Main Category: General Fiction
Sub-Category: LEGAL THRILLERS
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Book Description
When his friend Andrei is mysteriously killed on a train on his way back from Rome, Father Nil, a Benedictine who teaches the Gospel of St John to novices, decides to conduct his own investigation. The dead priest possessed proof of the existence of a thirteenth apostle and an epistle stating that Jesus was nothing more than an inspired prophet, not the Son of God

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Michel Beno顃's new thriller depicts the Catholic Church as a nest of corruption and lies since the days of St Peter

Published: 12 August 2007

The shadow cast by the phenomenal worldwide success of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code looms large over The Thirteenth Apostle, Michel Beno顃's tale of Vatican shenanigans, newly arrived in Britain after achieving bestseller status in France and Spain. Not that Beno顃, himself, is prepared to acknowledge any overlap. Even for a moment. "When I read that book of Dan Brown, I said to myself: 'It is not possible, on such a topic, to say such #ty things.' His scholarship does not exist. I am a scholar."

He says it with a stereotypical French arrogance, but it is undoubtedly true. Beno顃 is a former Benedictine monk who studied for a doctorate in theology in Rome and went on to teach the New Testament in a monastery. Yet his tale of a cultish, underground society at the heart of the Catholic Church, prepared to kill to protect an ancient secret, which if revealed might sink the whole Christian enterprise, will have a very familiar ring to anyone who has read Brown's thriller. To reveal more would give away the plot, but lets just say that Jesus turns out to be somewhat less than he has been cracked up to be.

Equally resonant for Brown's many fans will be the backdrop to Beno顃's sensational story of historical manipulation and cover-up at the heart of the church. He presents a picture of endemic corruption within institutional Catholicism that stretches from a murderous Saint Peter at the very start of its history down to a villainous Cardinal Catzinger in the 21st century. Surely the current Pope must have grounds to sue, I ask? "You have a bad mind," Beno顃 smiles. "You English. What a vicious mind!"

Tall and athletic, in his late sixties, Beno顃 (not his real name

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ermm cam menarik jer buku nie
kalau ada sesapa da baca buku nie
bg la review ......
tgh plan nak beli .........

MillionIdeazKid

novel genre ni dikenali sbg 'post -davinci code'..

genre begini muncul mekar bak cendawan lepas hujan setelah populariti buku da vince code...ada yg menarik tp plotnya mudah diagak dan rasa macam baca bacaan ciplak davinci tp dgn cerita dan watak berbeza..itu shj.

terpulang kpd yg meminatinya...

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Originally posted by MillionIdeazKid at 15-11-07 02:44 PM
novel genre ni dikenali sbg 'post -davinci code'..

genre begini muncul mekar bak cendawan lepas hujan setelah populariti buku da vince code...ada yg menarik tp plotnya mudah diagak dan rasa ma ...

bese ler
setiap genre ada musim
jap musim perang, jap musim fiction
jap musim fantasy etc etc .........
per2 cara penyampaian n jln cite nyer beza wpun leh diagak at the end

agak2 cite nie kontroversi ke idak ek?

raeshad

Originally posted by &lt;i&gt;MillionIdeazKid&lt;/i&gt; at 15/11/07 06:44 AM <br />genre begini muncul mekar bak cendawan lepas hujan setelah populariti buku da vince code...ada yg menarik tp plotnya mudah diagak dan rasa ma ...

I was just about to say that. Anyone remembered The Rule of Four?

cover -

It was hailed as something similar to Da Vinci Code and given many accolades, but honestly, I was striving to finish the book,but in the end, I could not take it and left it at less than halfway. It was that bad! pffftttt.

This particular book though - has a slightly different pinch to it, as it involves Islam. Just after reading that one sentence, I'm already intrigued to buy/read it.

I'm going to try and find it, and if and when i do finishes the book, I'll give a shout out here

[ Last edited by  raeshad at 23-1-2008 02:15 AM ]