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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\u2019s depicted as a self-righteous hard-ass\u2014even his sons roll their eyes when they hear he\u2019s been talking to the Lord. That\u2019s 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\u2019t exactly make it gift-giving material for fast-approaching Father\u2019s Day, but it\u2019s recommended reading all the same.\n\n $10.20, available at amazon.com\n\n MAYA SINGER Photo: Courtesy of Penguin Group"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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