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| Genre/Form: | Religious fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Samson, (Biblical judge); Delilah, (Biblical figure) |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Maine |
| ISBN: | 9781847670427 1847670423 |
| OCLC Number: | 181069448 |
| Notes: | Originally published: as The book of Samson. New York: St. Martin's, 2006. |
| Description: | p. cm. |
| Responsibility: | David Maine. |
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"* 'Written with a brilliant disregard for the reputations of both Samson and God, Maine delivers a blistering and provocative portrait of someone more akin to God's own gangster than God's gift to mankind... Suffused with sex and violence, as well as many of the trapping of the modern thriller, this is Bible-bothering at its best.' - Time Out * 'In retelling the life of Samson - every Sunday school's favourite mass murderer - he could not have made a more appropriate choice for our age...By fleshing out the story on its own terms, he conveys the amplitude of its moral horror.' - Guardian" Read more...
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