The Jesus Cow

  • Author: Michael Perry
  • Narrator: Michael Perry
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA
  • Duration: 7:25:12
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Synopsis

New York Times bestselling humorist Michael Perry makes his fiction debut with this hilarious and big-hearted tale, a comic yet sincere exploration of faith and the foibles of modern life that blends the barbed charm of Garrison Keillor, the irreverent humor of Christopher Moore, and the audacious insight of Chuck Klosterman.

Life is suddenly full of drama for low-key Harley Jackson: A woman in a big red pickup has stolen his bachelor’s heart, a Hummer-driving predatory developer is threatening to pave the last vestiges of his family farm, and inside his barn is a calf bearing the image of Jesus Christ. His best friend, Billy, a giant of a man who shares his trailer house with a herd of cats and tries to pass off country music lyrics as philosophy, urges him to avoid the woman, fight the developer, and get rich off the calf. But Harley takes the opposite tack, hoping to avoid what his devout, dearly departed mother would have called “a scene.”

Then the secret gets out—right through the barn door, and Harley’s “miracle” goes viral. Within hours pilgrims, grifters, and the media have descended on his quiet patch of Swivel, Wisconsin, looking for a glimpse (and a percentage) of the calf. Does Harley hide the famous, possibly holy calf and risk a riot, or give the people what they want—and raise enough money to keep his land—and, just possibly, win the woman and her big red pickup truck?

Harley goes all in, cutting a deal with a major Hollywood agent that transforms his little farm into an international spiritual theme park—think Lourdes, only with cheese curds and t-shirts. Soon, Harley has lots of money . . . and more trouble than he ever dreamed.

Chapters

  • TheJesusCow_21_Chapter19

    Duration: 08min
  • TheJesusCow_22_Chapter20

    Duration: 18min
  • TheJesusCow_23_Chapter21

    Duration: 03min
  • TheJesusCow_24_Chapter22

    Duration: 23min
  • TheJesusCow_25_Chapter23

    Duration: 18min
  • TheJesusCow_26_Part3Chapter24

    Duration: 15min
  • TheJesusCow_27_Chapter25

    Duration: 11min
  • TheJesusCow_28_Chapter26

    Duration: 20min
  • TheJesusCow_29_Chapter27

    Duration: 07min
  • TheJesusCow_30_Chapter28

    Duration: 06min
  • TheJesusCow_31_Chapter29

    Duration: 23min
  • TheJesusCow_32_Chapter30

    Duration: 14min
  • TheJesusCow_33_Chapter31

    Duration: 15min
  • TheJesusCow_34_Chapter32

    Duration: 19min
  • TheJesusCow_35_Chapter33

    Duration: 03min
  • TheJesusCow_36_Epilogue

    Duration: 06min
  • TheJesusCow_37_Credits

    Duration: 41s
  • sample

    Duration: 01min
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