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A Time for Judas

A Time for Judas
By Morley Callaghan

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This audacious and intriguing new version of the story of Christ’s trial, crucifixion, and resurrection is based on the writings of Philo of Crete, a secretary to Pontius Pilate. Throughout his time as Pilate’s scribe, he attended Christ’s trial, mingled with city prostitutes and desert bandits, and became acquainted with Judas Iscariot. It was through Judas that he learned the real story of the betrayal and what actually happened to Christ’s body. His convincing account is a radical and dramatic version of the commonly accepted story.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #2719975 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-05-28
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 244 pages

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"Provides an engrossing set of answers to questions that have puzzled more people than Callaghan . . . It's all pretty daring, ingenious, and even convincing."  —Margaret Atwood, author, The Handmaid's Tale


"No one more brilliantly found the remarkable in the ordinary than Morley Callaghan. His is magnificently the seeing eye." —Sinclair Lewis, winner, Nobel Prize in Literature


"A fine artist, a truly mature artist."  —Alfred Kazin, author, A Walker in the City

About the Author

Morley Callaghan was a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the author of It’s Never Over, Strange Fugitive, Such Is My Beloved, That Summer in Paris, The Vow, and numerous short stories. Nino Ricci is the author of In a Glass House, Lives of the Saints, Testament, and Where She Has Gone.

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Tremendous fiction5
Morley Callaghan is one of the finest Canadian writers I have come across. His themes may not always appeal to a broad readership, since they are sometimes fairly parochial in nature, giving him a wide claim to being a genuine "Canadian" author (rather than North-American). However, he is a truly international writer as well, of a calibre I've not often encountered. Perhaps his career didn't quite have the impact of Ernest Hemingway's (with whom he was quite friendly in the thirties) or Graham Greene's, but the quality of his work puts him very much in their class. "A Time for Judas" is a good example of this. Callaghan takes us, in a Gore Vidal-like fashion, back to the time of Christ and recounts a marvellous tale set in and around Jerusalem. It is not only well-written and exciting, but as a purported account of the "true" events of the time (left to be discovered on papyrus centuries later), it falls into a sort of mystery tradition which is very hard to pull off, from a writing point of view. With complete confidence, Callaghan tells a tale which will thrill and perhaps even enlighten you, and have you seeking out more of his work. Fortunately, there is a relative abundance so find this one if you can.