The Second Coming: The Passion of Joe Panther
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On Sale:
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27/09/2000
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Paperback
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′There is no god,′ I told him. Then I drove the syringe up into his nostril and straight through the side of his nose.′Joe Panther is a psychotic, alcoholic, violent, substance-abusing heroin dealer. He is also, he believes, Joshua Ben Pantera, born two thousand years ago, the son of Mary and the Lord God Yaweh Himself, not dead yet, the crucified Jesus: still around, abandoned by his Father, abused by the world, and as pissed off as hell.
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