True Faith

By Garth Ennis

Book Overview

In the controversial and thought-provoking tale TRUE FAITH, a disenfranchised young man is exposed to the destructive and manipulative sides of faith and belief when he becomes caught up in another... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Unknown Binding
• ISBN: 1853862010
• ISBN13: 9781853862014
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Fleetway
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Under rated sophomore book

I dont think this book sucks like some of the other reviewers, as well as its author seems to do the first couple pages. In fact I really liked it, it was an interesting story with good characters to follow and that ennis flare that you just cant not like. Its a story about a dude whose wife dies in child birth so he decides to kill god. Thats all Ill say, read the story your self.

This is something else

This is one of the earliest books Garth Ennis ever worked on (the second actually after "Troubled Souls") but it already has that Ennis-twist in it for which he got so acknowledged later on in his (still going) carreer. Here you have a book that I can best describe as a typical Vertigo book, only it was written long before Vertigo was found. It already has that certain 'feel' about it. To give an impression of what you're going to read when you start this, without spoiling things for anyone, I'll just say the following. The main thing you need to know is that it's about this guy named Nigel who lives in Londen. Nigel isn't very impressed by religion to say the least and oneday he hears a guy in a bar swearing he is "gonna kill God". Curious by what he heard he decides to follow the guy to his home. But then he gets caught when he's secretly reading the guys diaries and he's in a boatload of trouble now. From there on the book is a roller-coaster of semi-sarcastic views on religion in it's most bizarre variants (Quote: "God is like a clocked toilet ...") and general society (Look at Nigels parents and you'll know what I mean) with Nigel having to do and experience things under pressure that seem against everything he thinks himself. But along the way he's learning things about himself, only he doesn't realize it just yet. I finished the book, or must I say "Graphic Novel" in one sit. It isn't the greatest thing I ever read but it was still very good (better than a lot of other things I read these days), also because I couldn't put it away. You just HAVE to know what happens next, and before you know you're at the end of the book. I'd advise it to people who generally like Vertigo books and especially to people who are a fan of Garth Ennis. Be warned though, it's not for anybody because some people might feel a little offended. It's not for nothing it has been banned from bookshelves for years. But see for yourself.