Award-winning, bestselling author Michael Arditti's tenth novel that
documents the history of homophobia and religion. God's vengeance on
the wicked city of Sodom is a perennial source of fascination and
horror. Michael Arditti's passionate and enthralling new novel explores
the enduring power of the myth in five momentous epochs.
A young
Judean exile transcribes the Acts of Abraham and Lot in ancient
Babylon; the Guild of Salters presents a mystery play of Lot's Wife in
medieval York; Botticelli paints the Destruction of Sodom for a court in
Renaissance Florence; a bereaved rector searches for the Cities of the
Plain in nineteenth century Palestine; a closeted gay movie star
portrays Lot in a controversial biblical epic in 1980s Hollywood. With
its interrelated narratives and interwoven documents, Of Men and Angels
is both formally inventive and imaginatively rich. Abounding in
characters as vivid as they are varied, from temple prostitutes and
palace eunuchs, through fanatical friars and humanist poets, to Bedouin
tribesmen, Russian exiles and, of course, angels, this is a novel of
breathtaking scope, penetrating insight and profound human sympathy.
Of Men and Angels - Michael Arditti
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