Jesus Son

Immaginate un tizio al bancone di un bar che, reso ciarliero dal drink che ha in mano, attacca bottone e prende a raccontare di «quella volta che…» Magari perde il filo, magari fa confusione, magari apre mille parentesi, ma le sue parole caotiche hanno il sapore della verità. Jesus' Son è così: undici racconti che non sono davvero racconti, un romanzo che non è davvero un romanzo, ma la candida confessione inconsapevole di uno che ha, come si suol dire, perso la retta via. Il protagonista delle storie di questo puzzle dai tanti pezzi mancanti è un ragazzo con una dipendenza da alcol e droga che trascorre le giornate bighellonando e arrabattandosi in modo più o meno legale per rimediare i soldi con cui sballarsi. Di fronte al bisogno, i concetti di giusto e sbagliato, di bene e male, passano in secondo piano..

A gentle and usually mellow young man, who sometimes knows things before they happen and gets vibes of premonition, tell us his story: how he met Michelle in Iowa in 1971, how he got the name Fuckhead, how she introduced him to heroin and their falling in love, his thieving, his hospital work and their time in Chicago when she gets pregnant, detox, going to Phoenix to live, AA meetings and a dance, working at a care center where he learns to touch the residents, and modifying his daily schedule so that he passes a neighboring Mennonite household at the right time to hear the wife sing Gospel songs in the shower. Slowly, very slowly, FH lets his gifts emerge.

A gentle and usually mellow young man, who sometimes knows things before they happen and gets vibes of premonition, tell us his story: how he met Michelle in Iowa in 1971, how he got the name Fuckhead

In Islam faith, Prophet Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary‎), or Prophet Jesus, is understood to be the penultimate prophet and messenger of Allah (God) and al-Masih, the Arabic term for Messiah (Christ), sent to guide the Children of Israel (bani israil in Arabic) with a new revelation: al-Injil (Arabic for "the Gospel"). Jesus is believed to be a prophet who neither married nor had any children and is reflected as a significant figure, being found in the Quran in 93 ayaat (Arabic for verses) with various titles attached such as "Son of Mary", "Spirit of God and the "Word of God" among other relational terms, mentioned directly and indirectly, over 187 times.