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The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber

3.0

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Peter, the missionary, travels to another planet to teach aliens about Christianity, leaving behind his beloved wife Bea, while Planet Earth goes to pot. The planet is bland looking and not that pleasant and everyone seems to be disengaged or a bit depressed. The aliens, Ossans, are very keen to learn about the Bible and Peter lives amongst them, much to the bemusement of the others, who look down on the aliens and seem disgusted by them. Peter becomes completely engrossed with his mission, to the detriment of his relationship of his suffering wife who has a crisis of faith as life for her becomes bleaker and bleaker. He comes to an awakening about this new life, leaves the Ossans with his translated Bible copies and wants to return to Earth to be with Bea.