Qu est ce qu un publicitaire en panne d inspiration aussi jeune et d vor d ambition soit il Johnny Yells trente ans est un jeune publicitaire ambitieux en mal d inspiration Au cours de l enterrement de son p re il d niche par hasard au fond de l glise l image id ale qui servira illustrer la campagne d une compagnie d assurances une ic ne du Christ Tr s vite ce J sus souriant s affiche sur tous les murs de la ville pour vendre un contrat d assurance vie et remporte les suffrages des professionnels du monde de la publicit ouvrant ainsi Johnny les portes de la r ussite du confort et de la reconnaissance Alors que le succ s sa promotion sa nouvelle voiture et l achat d un appartement dans l un des quartiers les plus chics de la ville avec son amie Penny devraient le plonger dans la plus totale des b atitudes Johnny ne se sent pas en forme Outre un m chant rhume qui le cloue au lit il est de plus en plus obs d par l id e de la mort de la vie ternelle et chose trange il jurerait que son J sus souriant a chang d expression Crise mystique ou d pression De plus en plus nigmatique pour son entourage Johnny s enferme dans un dialogue int rieur et fascin part la recherche de r ponses qui l entra nent aux limites de la mort Une fable moderne qui nous invite aussi r fl chir sur le processus de d shumanisation de la soci t de consommation Jesus and the admanRhidian Brook born 1964 is a novelist screenwriter and broadcaster. His first novel The Testimony Of Taliesin Jones Harper Collins won three prizes including the 1997 Somerset Maugham Award and was made into a film starring Jonathan Pryce His second novel Jesus And The Adman Harper Collins was published in 1999 His third novel The Aftermath was published in April 2013 by Penguin UK Knopf US and a further 18 publishers around the world His short stories have been published by The Paris Review Punch The New Statesman Time Out and others and several were broadcast on BBC Radio 4 s Short Story. His first commission for television Mr Harvey Lights A Candle was broadcast in 2005 on BBC1 and starred Timothy Spall He wrote for the BBC series Silent Witness between 2005 7 and the factual drama Atlantis for BBC1 in 2008 Africa United his first feature film Pathe went on general release in the UK in October 2010 He is adapting The Aftermath as a feature for Scott Free and BBC Film. He has written articles for papers including The Observer The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph In 2005 he presented Nailing The Cross a documentary for BBC1 In 2006 he broadcast a series In The Blood for BBC World Service recording his family s journey through the AIDS pandemic His book about that journey More Than Eyes Can See was published by Marion Boyars in 2007. Definitely worth reading Great lessons great eye opener 9780002257589 A cautionary tale of what iconography consumerism should and shouldn t use An enjoyable tale 9780002257589
| Jesus and the adman By Rhidian Brook |
| 0002257580 |
| 9780002257589 |
| English |
| 194 |
| Hardcover |
.. He has been a regular contributor to Radio 4 s Thought For The Day for than twelve years.He lives with his wife and two children in London