The Second Coming: The Passion of Joe Panther
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Second Coming: The Passion of Joe Panther
By (Author) Andrew Masterson
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Fourth Estate
27th September 2000
Australia
Classifications
General
Fiction
A823.3
Winner of Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Writing: Best Crime Novel 2001
Physical Properties
Paperback
368
Width 130mm, Height 200mm, Spine 25mm
412g
Description
There is no god,' I told him. Then I drove the syringe up into his nostril and straight through the side of his nose. 'Joe Panther is a psychotic, alcoholic, violent, substance-abusing heroin dealer. He is also, he believes, Joshua Ben Pantera, born two thousand years ago, the son of Mary and the Lord God Yaweh Himself, not dead yet, the crucified Jesus: still around, abandoned by his Father, abused by the world, and as pissed off as hell.
Author Bio
Andrew Masterson is a journalist and author. He has twice won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel, with The Last Days: The Apocryphon of Joe Panther (1998) and The Second Coming: The Passion of Joe Panther (2000). The Letter Girl (1999) was shortlisted for the Aurealis speculative fiction award. In 2001 he published his fourth novel, Death of the Author. When he is not writing, he is generally drinking Guinness.
