Jonathan Trigell

After the crucifixion, Jesus' followers - led by his brother James the Just - remained devout Jews, vigorously opposed to the Roman occupiers. But a rival faction emerged, via the charismatic itinerant Paul of Tarsus. Some called him a Saint and some a liar. But Paul began telling stories that would transform a small sect of Judaism into a world religion. The Tongues of Men or Angels is a dazzling act of imagination and learning. Jonathan Trigell shows the night sky of the Galilee lit not by guiding stars, but by flames of terror; he shows contested soil, on which miracles were performed and battles raged; he shows men of flesh and of blood, by turns loving and brutal. In doing so he unseals a tale that has been waiting through long ages.

This book is the winner of the World Book Day - Books to Talk About Prize 2008. Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2005. Winner of the Waverton Good Read Prize 2005. A is for Apple. A bad apple. Jack has spent most of his life in juvenile institutions, to be released with a new name, new job, new life. At 24, he is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime. To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexpected violence. To his new girlfriend, he is strangely inexperienced and unreachable. To his case worker, he''s a victim of the system and of media-driven hysteria. And to himself, Jack is on permanent trial: can he really start from scratch, forget the past, become someone else? Is a new name enough? Can Jack ever truly connect with his new friends while hiding a monstrous secret? This searing and heartfelt novel is a devastating indictment of society''s inability to reconcile childhood innocence with reality.

Jack tiene veinticuatro años y ha pasado la mayor parte de su corta vida en prisiones juveniles. En realidad, Jack no es su verdadero nombre, sino el que él mismo ha elegido para empezar una nueva vida en Manchester; solo Terry, su tutor y unico amigo, conoce el terrible pasado que esconde. Mientras Jack camina libre e intenta adaptarse a una nueva identidad, la gente se pregunta donde se encuentra el monstruo que años atras cometio un crimen espantoso. Que un monstruo haya sido perdonado, y viva en libertad en Inglaterra, es algo inadmisible para la opinion publica y la prensa sensacionalista, que no cejaran en su empeño de darle caza.