God Is Disappointed in You
Mark Russell
(Author)
Shannon Wheeler
(Illustrator)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
God Is Disappointed in You is for people who would like to read the Bible... if it would just cut to the chase. Stripped of its arcane language and its interminable passages of poetry, genealogy, and law, every book of the Bible is condensed down to its core message, in no more than a few pages each. Written by Mark Russell with cartoons by New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler, God Is Disappointed in You is a frequently hilarious, often shocking, but always accurate retelling of the Bible, including the parts selectively left out by Sunday School teachers and church sermons. Irreverent yet faithful, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to see past the fog of religious agendas and cultural debates to discover what the Bible really says.
Product Details
Price
$19.99
$18.59
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Publish Date
September 03, 2013
Pages
224
Dimensions
5.2 X 8.1 X 1.0 inches | 0.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781603090988
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About the Author
Mark Russell has published three full collections prior to Come to the River: Men Who Repeat Themselves (erbacce press, 2022), Shopping for Punks (Hesterglock, 2017), and Spearmint & Rescue (Pindrop, 2016). His pamphlets are published by Red Ceilings, tall-lighthouse, and Kattywompus. He won the Magma Poetry Judge's Prize in 2020, and the erbacce-poetry prize in 2022. His poems have been published in a variety of magazines and journals, including Stand, Shearsman, Poetry Wales, The Manchester Review, The Rialto, Tears in the Fence, The Interpreter's House, Molly Bloom, Gutter, New Writing Scotland, Poetry Salzburg Review, Tentacular, and Blackbox Manifold.
Reviews
"Mr. Russell and Mr. Wheeler have used irreverence to win an audience for what is actually a slyly empathetic retelling of Bible stories." -- The New York Times "As soon as I started reading it, I was hooked... The Bible is an incredibly weird book, and I thank Mark Russell for rewriting it in a way that made it understandable and interesting." -- Boing Boing "God Is Disappointed in You accomplishes an impressive goal: it takes the holy book--as inscrutable and culturally significant as it is--and makes it readable." -- The Rumpus "The Bible itself may be timeless, but, with its playful ribbing and wit, God Is Disappointed in You is most certainly a book made for this moment." -- Culture Mass "A hilarious book that's often shocking, sometimes blasphemous, but always funny with a huge heart. This is Sunday School for the information age." -- Graphic Policy "God Is Disappointed in You cuts to the heart of the matter, and sometimes down to the funny bone, to translate the Bible into terms that allow a modern reader to understand the wild, weird, and wonderful 'essence' of the Good Book." -- The Big Think
