num_pages: 366
description: When Jesus Christ arrives uninvited at your flat and gently but firmly advises you to clean up your life well naturally you do as youre told When Nick is 13 he loses his parents in a car crash. His sister seven years his elder is left to look after him. As he grows up she longs to lose this brotherly millstone around her neck but he cannot bear the thought of losing her protection. So Nick goes to extremes to retain her care and attention putting himself his girlfriend and others in harm's way striking up with a gang and administering violence to order. One day he goes so far that as a suicide attempt. On the other side of tragedy he returns to his flat to find an intruder on his sofaa biker who proves immune to Nick's menace. The biker convinces Nick first that he is Jesus Christ and second that he must now take charge of Nick's life. Nick is moved to return to his home village where he sets about reconstructing himself and doing penance for his failures. He even finds love anew. But does he know what to do with it? And has he really learned anything from his sister or from his miraculous new mentor?
language: English
title: My Friend Jesus Christ
publisher: Granta Books