The Accidental Jesus

<blockquote><em style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>...a mesmerizing odyssey through nostalgia</em></blockquote><blockquote><em style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>introspection and unexpected encounters</em></blockquote><blockquote><em style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>that challenge the very meaning of who we are.</em></blockquote><p><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>John O'Kane's </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>The Accidental Jesus</em><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> is a mesmerizing odyssey through nostalgia introspection and unexpected encounters that challenges the very essence of who we are. Join our protagonist as he navigates the blurred lines between memory and reality faith and doubt and embarks on a quest that could forever change his life.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>Richard Modiano</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>Director Emeritus Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>Winner of the 2022 Joe Hill Prize for Labor Poetry</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>John O'Kane's </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>The Accidental Jesus</em><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> keeps the action moving at a relentless pace as he pulls the reader deeper and deeper into a rich post-bohemian apocalypse rife with futuristic tech gurus immovable evangelicals a cult of modern Mary Magdalenes and one murderous priest lurking in the shadows.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>S.A. Griffin</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>Author of </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>Pandemic Soul Music</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>John O'Kane's </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>The Accidental Jesus</em><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> got neurons firing in my brain that I'm certain have never fired before. As the protagonist confronts a homicidal fake priest predator helicopters that seem to hover above him wherever he goes an orgy in a Catholic church and a host of otherworldly characters he wrestles with his sense of what's real and what's not. As will the reader...while enjoying every moment of the journey.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>Mark Habeeb</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>Author of </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>Venice Beach</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>John O'Kane</strong><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> is a novelist journalist and publisher. He is the author of eight books: two of literary journalism three collections of essays two collections of short stories and one novel. His essays articles and stories have appeared in </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>HuffPost</em><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>CounterPunch</em><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>Musing the Masses</em><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>The Boston Globe</em><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> in addition to various creative and scholarly publications. Possessing a doctorate in literature and a master's in sociology he has taught at USC UCLA MIT and UCI. A longtime resident of San Pedro California he is the publisher and editor of </span><em style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)>AMASS</em><span style=color: rgba(91 91 61 1)> Magazine.</span></p><p></p><p></p>