Signs and Wonders

by Melvin Jules Bukiet

Book Overview

In late 1999, in the midst of a brutal hurricane on the Baltic coast, a concrete prison barge rips free of its moorings. Of thousands of Europe's most dangerous criminals, only the twelve depraved... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312200099
• ISBN13: 9780312200091
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

a dark, irreverent joyride through the second coming

i picked it up looking for a dark chuckle and i was wellrewarded. the messiah returns, choosing for his apostles a group ofthe slimiest criminals europe could produce. their trek through millennium europe towards eurodisney leads straight through public officials unwilling to be seen as modern pilates and gullible believers with a decidedly modern, violent and sexual outlook on what it takes to be saved. it has weak elements; the messiah is vague as a character. he is virtually absent from the book. he has little to say and there is no background info for him that might have given his coming more impact, but the overall story is the reaction to his coming by a world willing to be duped. watching this parade is more fun than worrying too much about who is leading.

FULL OF CHICANERY AND SURPRISES

A very creative imagination places this entertaining story with its messiah in Disneyland, of all places. That's a first.