From the Department of Fine Literature

From Reuters:

Author James Frey, whose "A Million Little Pieces" hit bestseller lists and courted controversy, again stirred the publishing world on Monday with the announcement of a new religious novel and plans to sell it via an art gallery.

"The Final Testament of the Holy Bible" tells the story of a second coming of Jesus Christ, the Messiah to millions of Christians but just plain Ben Jones to family and friends

Ben, whose real name is Zion Avrohom, is a hard-drinking man who lives in a dirty apartment in The Bronx, New York. He smokes dope and has sex with women and men.

There is something depressing -- or is it desperate? -- about what Frey seems to be trying here (oh, just count the taboos being broken...). Possibly figuring that he last got press for being the bad-boy addict memoirist, Frey is thinking that he can get back some of that cachet? Frey does have a knack for the punchy line, so maybe this could make for something of actual artistic interest. 

Anyway, cue the 15 minutes of outrage, which will probably last just until people start getting their hands on Joe McGinniss's Sarah Palin book.