Some forty years after Jesus' death, Judas tries to set the record straight, and refutes his reputation as the betrayer.
C.K. Stead was Professor of English at the University of Aukland until 1986. In 1984 he was awarded the CBE for services to New Zealand literature. He has published eleven volumes of poetry, two volumes of stories, several works of criticism, a memoir and twelve novels including, most recently, Risk.
C. K. Stead is challenging, fun, urbane and brilliant. Read him
*Spectator*
Stead's book delights in subtle comedy and takes care to puncture
all kinds of minor myths...Written with glowing simplicity and rich
in delicate humour...[A] thought-provoking, witty and highly
topical novel
*Daily Telegraph*
[An] elegant, calm novel...Stead writes a cool, reasonable
prose......Stead maintains an eye unblinkingly opposed to the
transcendental
*Guardian*
A subtly potent revisionist account of the life and death of
Jesus
*Sunday Times*
A gifted and intelligent novelist
*Independent*
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