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"The Bible has had more than its share of reinterpreters over the years, but Jonathan Goldstein, a frequent contributor to This American Life, proves himself more capable than most. In Ladies and Gentlemen: The Bible, his new book of stories reimagining key events in the two Testaments, Goldstein dishes out the usual blasphemy and awe, but sells it by adding a dose of humor (something not always in evidence in the original). Case in point: Noah, who's depicted as a self-righteous hard-ass\u2014even his sons roll their eyes when they hear he's been talking to the Lord. That's fairly typical\u2014Ladies and Gentlemen is as much about fathers as it is about God the Father, and Goldstein is moving and funny as he merges them into one spectacularly overbearing and perpetually disappointed type. That doesn't exactly make it gift-giving material for fast-approaching Father's Day, but it's recommended reading all the same.\n$10.20, available at amazon.com\n\nMAYA SINGER\nPhoto: Courtesy of Penguin Group..."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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