Publishers Weekly, March 31st, 1997
Terrorist Prophet
Michael A. Smith. Turner, $22.95 (352p) ISBN 1-57036-380-3
The high concept behind Smith's debut is summed up in its subtitle; the awkward execution is manifest in most every chapter. Jeremiah the Second, aka Jerry, starts small in his campaign to cleanse America of wickedness and to establish a New America: he shoots one rapist dead and then videotapes his lynching of two others. The videotape is intended for Laura Delaney, the glamorous anchor of a TV news show. Jerry knows how to manipulate media: he posts his grandiose manifesto, "The Book of Second Jeremiah," on the ...
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