-
This brings me to my last recommendation: The Afterlives of the Saints by Colin Dickey. 1. This is a book about saints. 2. It’s great. And now that we’ve gotten the important part out of the way, I want to tell you that Colin Dickey is so brilliant, it makes my eyes bleed. I try and imagine what the inside of his brain looks like, and all I can see is that scene in Bad Lieutenant when Harvey Keitel smokes crack and takes all his clothes off and cries. What I’m trying to say is Colin talks about things that never even register on most people’s radars. He speaks in a language only dogs can hear. And then translates it for the rest of us. And it’s awesome. I totally would have beaten him up in school for being so smart.
— Liberty Hardy of The Well-Readheads
(Source: bit.ly)
-
June 1 Saint-of-the-Day: St. Justin Martyr
St. Justin Martyr. Millenarian, waiting for the Apocalypse ca. 165 AD. Flogged, beheaded. Patron of apologists.
(Colin Dickey’s latest book, Afterlives of the Saints, comes out on June 12th.)
-
Afterlives of the Saints: Stories from the Ends of Faith by Colin Dickey. Coming June 12, 2012. Non-fiction!
