John

By Niall Williams

Book Overview

A stunning reimagining of the final years in the life of John the Apostle, by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Time of the Child and This Is Happiness.

Aged, frail and blind, John the Apostle lives in exile on the desolate island of Patmos with a small set of his disciples. Together the group has endured their banishment, though fissures are forming within their numbers and even the faithful are plagued with doubts. But when the Roman emperor lifts the banishment of Christians, John and his followers face an even deeper challenge: on their return to Ephesus, they discover a chaotic world of competing religious sects where Christianity is in danger of vanishing.

Ambitious and provocative, John is a powerful look at faith and what it might mean to love for a lifetime.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639738878
• ISBN13: 9781639738878
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Amazing read...like being there

This is the first book I've read by Niall Williams. He is an amazing writer. He plays with vocabulary and sentence structure and somehow (without being gimmicky) transports you back 2,000 years ago, on the island of Patmos, living day by day, in faith, beside the apostle John. You live humbly and expectantly awaiting the return of Christ. Heresies arise. John gets old. I don't want to give anything away, but it is an amazing, literary book that goes to your heart. I finished it a week ago and am still thinking about it. It's a bit of a slow read, but it builds wonderfully. I think non-Christians won't "get" it...but any person of faith, who understands the power of the word of God will love this book. --Steve Slesinger, Melbourne, FL