There is explicit, and then there is shocking. Savonarola would have had a field day thrashing this novel, were it not so creative, imaginative and so very well written.
(Clean Spoiler) Wyatt’s hearing voices. He loses his job and eventually his wife. The problem is, the voices are real; and Wyatt has no clue about who he really is. Imagine, if you will, God asleep while his more powerful archangels try to deal with Lucifer’s rogue (the mildest way to describe her) sister, who goes on an indescribably sordid rampage.
I can’t go into more without shaking to the core readers steeped in the Judeo-Christian tradition. The story has several explicit scenes, but the plot would be banned by religious institutions for describing the most powerful celestial figures as uninhibited human beings. Why did I read it? I read it because it is a masterpiece of imagination and literary devices. Swartz is that good.
If you are sensitive to explicit scenes or religious, stay away from this Five Stars novel.
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