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Title: Conventional retelling of the story of Jesus
Review: For the most part, this retelling of the Gospel stories adheres closely to the familiar text. Indeed, Mailer seems to make a point of quoting all the idiomatic sayings that have passed into English from the New Testament. He has also avoided the risk of assasination by fundamentalists by affirming the miracles performed by Jesus.I expected Satan to be an attractive character, the kind of figure bound to go far in human society.An insight that got me thinking was Mailer's characterization of greed as the outcome of fear. It has been said that those two emotions are what drive the stock markets -- but they are two sides of the same thing!
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