{"product_id":"i-am-herod-9781773101422","title":"I Am Herod","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a whim, armchair-atheist Richard Kelly Kemick joins the 100-plus cast of \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Badlands Passion Play\u003c\/i\u003e, North America's largest production of its kind and one of the main tourist attractions in Alberta. By the time closing night is over, Kemick has a story to tell. From the controversial choice of casting to the bizarre life in rehearsal, this glorious behind-the-scenes look at one of Canada's strangest theatrical spectacles also confronts the role of religion in contemporary life and the void left by its absence for non-believers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of tragic luminaries such as David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Goldstein, and David Sedaris, \u003ci\u003eI Am Herod\u003c\/i\u003e gives its congregation of readers unparalleled access to the players of the Passion: there's Judas, who wears a leather jacket even when it's 30  C; the Chief Sadducee, who is ostracized for his fanaticism; Pilate, the only actor who swears; the Holy Spirit, who is breaking ground as the role's first female actor; and the understudy Christ, the previous year's real-deal Christ who was demoted to backup and now performs illicit one-man shows backstage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773101422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.91h x 5.81w x 0.61d","brand":"Richard Kelly Kemick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53240991940789,"sku":"9781773101422","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-am-herod-9781773101422","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}