Jesus and the Adman - Softcover

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Born in Tenby, South Wales, Rhidian Brook lives in London with his wife Nicola and his son Gabriel. He is currently working on his third novel.

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“Johnny, the eponymous adman, is ambitious . . . His "Smiling Jesus" poster – with the copyline "For Life after Death, talk to LifeGen" – wins Johnny praise, promotion and prizes. Yet from the start a sense of unease surrounds the project. For all his chutzpah, the adman's conscience will not rest easy . . . As a work of fiction, 'Jesus and the Adman' meets criteria that many contemporary novelists have either forgotten about or simply cannot satisfy. The structure is perfect, the characters, even where lightly drawn, are credible, the plot is compelling. There is a rare attention to words, with original and elegant turns of phrase . . . Best of all, the novel works as entertainment which slides into something darker. Some of the ideas treated here are profound and troubling. For the first time in years I found myself worrying about hell.”
MIRANDA FRANCE, 'Spectator'

“Sharp, neat and highly to the point, 'Jesus and the Adman,' in which an ambitious copywriter uses a religion icon for a campaign, is recognisably the work of someone who is practised at expressing himself without waste . . . There is no denying the pleasure and energy of the pared-down narrative.”
PHILIP HESHNER, 'Mail on Sunday'

“In 'Jesus and the Adman', Rhidian Brook writes about faith and crisis and crises of faith, just as he did in his prize-winning novel, 'The Testimony of Taliesin Jones. . . 'Although it describes a personal search for answers which results in a frightening mental breakdown,' Jesus and the Adman 'is also about pressure to conform, to not step out of line or ask unorthodox questions.”
ALEXANDRA HARRISON, 'TLS'