{"id":5359,"title":"Whips \u0026 Furs: My Life as a Bon Vivant, Gambler \u0026 Love Rat","dimensions":"17.8 x 10.7 cm, 167 p, language: English, publisher: ATTACK! Books, London, ISBN: 1 84068 035 0","date_begin":"2000-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2024/849","stream_count_app":33,"permalink":"whips-furs-my-life-as-a-bon-vivant-gambler-love-rat","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Jesus H. Christ, Stewart Home","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/620/large/Artistnovel_072.jpg?1342076743","poster_credits":"(c)M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e *Whips and Furs: My Life as a Bon Vivant, Gambler and Love Rat* is a truly hilarious account of the life of Jesus H Christ. Narrated in the first person, and supposedly uncovered and edited by the unstinting wind-up artist, Stewart Home, *Whips and Furs* purports to be the 'real' account of how the Bible came to be. Irreverant and irreligous, it is rather surprising that Home hasn't found his way onto the church's 'most wanted' list. The book sees Jesus, assistant to his brother-in-law, the renowned camel-dealer, Judas Iscariot, incompetently traversing the towns and being repeatedly swindled by a mysterious con-man and his female cohort. A detourned 'historical' novel with the structure based on the faked fifth volume of *My Life and Loves* by Frank Harris. The content is lifted and adapted to the required historical setting from two out-of-copyright sources: *An African Millionaire* by Grant Allen and *The Lustful Turk by Anonymous*. Just as Alex Trocchi -who faked the final volume of *My Life and Loves*- satirised Frank Harris in his text, so Stewart Home has used this work to burlesque *Anonymous* in particular. [Novel website](http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/sp/whips.htm)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e *Whips and Furs: My Life as a Bon Vivant, Gambler and Love Rat* is een hilarische vertelling over het leven van Jezus Christus. Het is verteld in de eerste persoon en zogezegd ontdekt en bewerkt door de niet-aflatende opwind-kunstenaar Stewart Home. *Whips and Furs* beweert het ‘ware’ verhaal te zijn over hoe de Bijbel tot stand kwam. Het is oneerbiedig en areligieus, en het is verbazend dat Home nooit op de ‘most wanted’-lijst van de Kerk is beland. Het boek verhaalt hoe Jezus als assistent van zijn schoonbroer, de beroemde kamelenhandelaar Judas Iscariot, incompetent steden doorkruist en regelmatig opgelicht wordt door een mysterieuze bedrieger an zijn vrouwelijke reisgezel. Het is een binnenstebuiten gekeerde ‘historische’ roman met een structuur gebaseerd op het fake vijfde deel van *My Life and Loves* van Frank Harris. De inhoud is opgenomen en aangepast aan de vereiste historische setting uit twee bronnen die vrij van copyright zijn: *An African Millionaire* van Grant Allen en *The Lustful Turk* van Anoniem. Net zoals Alex Trocchi – die het laatste deel van *My Life and Loves* vervalste – een satire bracht op Frank Harris in zijn tekst, zo brengt Stewart Home met zijn werk een satire op het burleske van *Anoniem*. [Novel website](http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/sp/whips.htm)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1857,"name":"Stewart Home","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}