Messiah
Gore Vidal
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
3.92
· 16 ratings · 293 pages · Published: 1954
Gore Vidal’s deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published in 1954, eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the Heaven’s Gate suicide cult.
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