Messiah
| Title | Messiah |
| Year for Search | 1954 |
| Authors | Vidal, Gore(1925-2012) |
| Pagination | 254 pp. |
| Date Published | 1954 |
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Religious dystopia in which the religion, which has no belief in god or an afterlife, preaches that life is not worth living. The Messiah, a mortician, says that it is good to die and gains millions of followers. The history of the movement is told by one of its first supporters. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1954. U.K. ed. London: William Heinemann, 1955. 256 pp. Rpt. London: Panther, 1977. Rev. ed. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1965. Rpt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1979; which is rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1980 with an “Introduction” by Elizabeth A. Lynn (v-xvi). |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St |
| Author Note | (1925-2012) |
| Full Text | 1954 Vidal, Gore (1925-2012). Messiah. New York: E. P. Dutton. 254 pp. Rpt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1954. U.K. ed. London: William Heinemann, 1955. 286 pp. Rpt. London: Panther, 1977. Rev. ed. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1965. Rpt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1979; which is rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1980 with an “Introduction” by Elizabeth A. Lynn (v-xvi). MoU-St, PSt Religious dystopia in which the religion, which has no belief in god or an afterlife, preaches that life is not worth living. The Messiah, a mortician, says that it is good to die and gains millions of followers. The history of the movement is told by one of its first supporters. |
