Calling all fans of Anita Diamant's The Red Tent. And calling all readers who seek a creative, captivating reworking of an old story. In this case, it's a very old story, featuring a very famous person. How many writers out there are bold enough to attempt to envision the forty days of Christ's fabled forty-day fast in the wilderness? And how many of them would be clever enough to pull it off. Well, it doesn't matter, actually, because the only answer we need is one. Jim Crace. Let's not beat around the bush-this man is a genius. In this daring, hypnotizing, utterly one-of-a-kind novel, Crace's Jesus Christ sequesters himself in a desolate cave, preparing to empty his body in order to meet God. You might think that the choice to live in a cave in an arid desert would guarantee a guy some privacy, but Christ is not entirely alone. His neighbors, a group of exiles and malcontents who seek salvation in the dusty cluster of caves in the hills, grow increasingly curious about the gangly stranger from Galilee. As you might imagine, some lives are changed in some very significant ways, but not in the ways you might expect. Enough said. Read this book instantly if not sooner.