book rec: the traveling death and resurrection show

[mllesays]

The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show by Ariel Gore

The story of a troupe of seven performance artists, narrated by a lapsed Catholic whose "trick" is manifesting stigmata, and what happens to them when they get a little too much media attention.  Gore's father is an excommunicated Catholic priest, and her bio says she grew up attending his

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[saturn_shumba]

I'm not Catholic (I only say this because I know so little about Catholic imagery) but this book sounds awesome. But I'm kind of worried I wouldn't get anything...? What do you think?

[mllesays]

Hmmm, I think you would still enjoy it. The book does a good job of explaining things or setting them in such a context that they aren't complete mysteries. (I imagine it would be like reading a book whose main character is a marine biologist. As long as things get explained, it doesn't really matter that I've never studied marine biology. Does that make sense?)

[saturn_shumba]

It does, thank you! :)

[mllesays]

Hagiography is biographies of the saints, basically.

Seriously it's the awesomest book.