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Set in the remote Jamaican village of Gibbeah in 1957, the novel explores the collision of religious devotion and supernatural elements as two men of God—Hector Bligh, the "Rum Preacher," and a brash Apostle named York—compete for the soul of the community. Their conflict sparks a fierce and deadly spiritual struggle that examines faith, redemption, sexual obsession, and the eternal struggle between good and evil.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Religion & Spirituality/Christianity
Authors: Marlon James
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