The Story of B The Story of B
Book 2 - Ishmael Series

The Story of B

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Publisher Description

From the author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning bestseller Ishmael and its sequel, My Ishmael, comes a powerful novel with one of the most profound spiritual testaments of our time
 
“A compelling ‘humantale’ that will unglue, stun, shock, and rearrange everything you’ve learned and assume about Western civilization and our future.”—Paul Hawken, author of The Ecology of Commerce
 
Father Jared Osborne has received an extraordinary assignment from his superiors: Investigate an itinerant preacher stirring up deep trouble in central Europe. His followers call him B, but his enemies say he’s something else: the Antichrist. However, the man Osborne tracks across a landscape of bars, cabarets, and seedy meeting halls is no blasphemous monster—though an earlier era would undoubtedly have rushed him to the burning stake. For B claims to be enunciating a gospel written not on any stone or parchment but in our very genes, opening up a spiritual direction for humanity that would have been unimaginable to any of the prophets or saviors of traditional religion. Pressed by his superiors for a judgement, Osborne is driven to penetrate B’s inner circle, where he soon finds himself an anguished collaborator in the dismantling of his own religious foundations. 
 
More than a masterful novel of adventure and suspense, The Story of B is a rich source of compelling ideas from an author who challenges us to rethink our most cherished beliefs.
 
Explore Daniel Quinn’s spiritual Ishmael trilogy: 
ISHMAEL • MY ISHMAEL • THE STORY OF B

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1996
November 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
8.4
MB

Customer Reviews

stormalot ,

Just wow

Eye-opening, wish that I would have read this before now.

Mike Ellerbrock ,

Fascinating

Intriguing & thought provoking. I’ll never view the history of our culture and the world the same. A must read that is to be shared. We all have the opportunity to embody and propagate the principle teachings of “B”

Mack ee ,

Sophomore stagnation

I read this because I was really impressed by the first Ishmael book, but this one failed to impress. The obtuseness of the protagonist, while I understand it’s literary purpose, was frustrating and annoying. I liked the full text of B’s speeches at the end, and overall it’s an interesting story with interesting characters (and an important message), so worth a read, but not sure I’ll end up finishing the series after reading this entry. I just don’t expect anything new anymore. Absolutely read Ishmae if you haven’t though, it’s truly original and compelling.

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