"Beard's take on Lazarus is nothing less than astonishing--and he respects the reader by taking religion and religious questions seriously."--- Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
"A fascinating mixture of fiction and academic essay...using biblical sources and other, less orthodox ones, Beard weaves a compelling tale portrait of first-century Israel, of Jerusalem with its factions and sects, and of Jesus, Lazarus's enigmatic friend, as he makes his journey towards the Cross"--- Catholic Herald
""Lazarus is Dead" is a thrilling meta-novel. Richard Beard informs, provokes and always entertains." --Maria Semple, author of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette"
"Funny, smart, scary, sad-- and above all, completely convincing. Maybe not the way it was, but the way it must have been." --Ben Loory, author of "Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day"
Praise for
Lazarus Is Dead "Richard Beard is one of the most ingenious, resourceful and entertaining novelists in England."
--Philip Hensher
"
Lazarus Is Dead is a thrilling meta-novel. Richard Beard informs, provokes and always entertains."
--Maria Smple, author of
Where'd You Go, Bernadette "A thoroughly entertaining elaboration of Lazarus's miraculous life.
Lazarus Is Dead is no ordinary novel: it is a brilliant, genre bending retelling and subversion of one of the oldest, most sensational stories in the western canon."
--Sara Keating,
Sunday Business Post (Ireland)
"This clever and original book keeps the reader guessing until the death--and beyond."
--The Financial Times "Beard can stir emotion quickly and simply... His essayistic digressions temper the mythic luminosity of his subject, contributing to the poignance of his imagined 'biography'."
--Laurence Scott,
The Times Literary SupplementPraise for
Lazarus Is Dead -Richard Beard is one of the most ingenious, resourceful and entertaining novelists in England.-
--Philip Hensher
-
Lazarus Is Dead is a thrilling meta-novel. Richard Beard informs, provokes and always entertains.-
--Maria Smple, author of
Where'd You Go, Bernadette -A thoroughly entertaining elaboration of Lazarus's miraculous life.
Lazarus Is Dead is no ordinary novel: it is a brilliant, genre bending retelling and subversion of one of the oldest, most sensational stories in the western canon.-
--Sara Keating,
Sunday Business Post (Ireland)
-This clever and original book keeps the reader guessing until the death--and beyond.-
--The Financial Times -Beard can stir emotion quickly and simply... His essayistic digressions temper the mythic luminosity of his subject, contributing to the poignance of his imagined 'biography'.-
--Laurence Scott,
The Times Literary SupplementPraise for
Lazarus Is Dead "Richard Beard is one of the most ingenious, resourceful and entertaining novelists in England."
--Philip Hensher
"
Lazarus Is Dead is a thrilling meta-novel. Richard Beard informs, provokes and always entertains."
--Maria Smple, author of
Where'd You Go, Bernadette "A thoroughly entertaining elaboration of Lazarus's miraculous life.
Lazarus Is Dead is no ordinary novel: it is a brilliant, genre bending retelling and subversion of one of the oldest, most sensational stories in the western canon."
--Sara Keating,
Sunday Business Post (Ireland)
"This clever and original book keeps the reader guessing until the death--and beyond."
--The Financial Times "Beard can stir emotion quickly and simply... His essayistic digressions temper the mythic luminosity of his subject, contributing to the poignance of his imagined 'biography'."
--Laurence Scott,
The Times Literary Supplement