Cod Streuth

by Bamber Gascoigne

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345342291
• ISBN13: 9780345342294
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Learned, short, and hilarious.

Calvinist monk Jacques le Balleur is captured in 1560 by Brazilian cannibals, who mistake the ten pages of Rabelais in his possession (Book 3, chapters 26-28) for the Bible they had been promised. Le Balleur is anointed patriarch of the tribe and, rather than reveal the true nature of his "scriptures", attempts to use them to convert the natives. A royal harem, Rabelaisian Parliament, and orgiastic Passion Play are a few of the unorthodox detours along the way to fulfilling God's purpose. This little book is a delightful, learned romp for those of us who couldn't get enough of Rabelais.