This comes up in >!”Mary: An Awakening of Terror” by Nat Cassidy.!<
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There’s one in River Spirit by Leila Aboulela
Dislexzak on
I read Nightmare Alley this year and really enjoyed it. It’s not a main focus, but it comes up.
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The Prophet of Yonwood doesn’t exactly use this trope, but it plays with something similar.
Seraphina, Shadowscale, and Tess of the Road also touch on this, with Shadowscale in particular featuring false saints
WestTexasOilman on
Qu’ran
badluckfarmer on
Try Elmer Gantry. You may at least find it entertaining. It was also adapted into the only English-language opera I ever enjoyed.
Flamingo47 on
Dune. The first 3 books really, but especially the first one.
Legitimate-Donut-368 on
Blood Meridan
bigsquib68 on
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Conner. This isn’t exactly the David Koresh type false prophet you may be asking for but very much in line with your request and straight up top notch literature
geordiesteve520 on
I’m reading {{Little Eve}} by Catriona Ward and it is leaning towards this.
fknbtch on
Sonja Blue series did that with Sunglasses After Dark
dingadangdang on
I read that crap in the headlines every single day. Where you come from naive one? Dystopia is cruel place.
stella3books on
“Geek Love” by Katherine Dunn involves some religious flim-flammery.
Alternative_Worry101 on
Tartuffe by Moliere.
Red and Black by Stendhal.
DagonFelix on
You could read No Man Knows My History by Fawn M. Brodie. Hell, you could read the Book of Mormon (book by a false prophet) but I wouldn’t recommend it. Mark Twain called it “Chloroform in print.”
BitchQueenofLich on
Ooo! I love this topic, too. Try {{Poisonwood Bible}} by Barbara Kingsolver.
biolochick on
The Liar’s Daughter, by Megan Cooley Peterson. Told from the point of view of one of the kids of the false prophet.
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This comes up in >!”Mary: An Awakening of Terror” by Nat Cassidy.!<
There’s one in River Spirit by Leila Aboulela
I read Nightmare Alley this year and really enjoyed it. It’s not a main focus, but it comes up.
The Prophet of Yonwood doesn’t exactly use this trope, but it plays with something similar.
Seraphina, Shadowscale, and Tess of the Road also touch on this, with Shadowscale in particular featuring false saints
Qu’ran
Try Elmer Gantry. You may at least find it entertaining. It was also adapted into the only English-language opera I ever enjoyed.
Dune. The first 3 books really, but especially the first one.
Blood Meridan
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Conner. This isn’t exactly the David Koresh type false prophet you may be asking for but very much in line with your request and straight up top notch literature
I’m reading {{Little Eve}} by Catriona Ward and it is leaning towards this.
Sonja Blue series did that with Sunglasses After Dark
I read that crap in the headlines every single day. Where you come from naive one? Dystopia is cruel place.
“Geek Love” by Katherine Dunn involves some religious flim-flammery.
Tartuffe by Moliere.
Red and Black by Stendhal.
You could read No Man Knows My History by Fawn M. Brodie. Hell, you could read the Book of Mormon (book by a false prophet) but I wouldn’t recommend it. Mark Twain called it “Chloroform in print.”
Ooo! I love this topic, too. Try {{Poisonwood Bible}} by Barbara Kingsolver.
The Liar’s Daughter, by Megan Cooley Peterson. Told from the point of view of one of the kids of the false prophet.
The Bible
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel