{"product_id":"i-am-herod-richard-kelly-kemick-9781773101422","title":"I Am Herod","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted, 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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Kelly Kemick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773101420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773101422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Richard Kelly Kemick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078620999935,"sku":"9781773101422","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3ec4984-4faf-40b6-aae0-7b66de1136ab.jpg?v=1685476548","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-am-herod-richard-kelly-kemick-9781773101422","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}