"A rollicking good read... Weaver's prose is cute, sharp, sometimes lyrical and often surprisingly funny." The Big Issue

“Gospel Prism is a novel set in a federal prison. Prison writing is a tough genre. Unless you were there you’d get it preposterously wrong. Weaver got it right. Weaver really was in prison, and that’s where I met him. I was there for growing marijuana, he for being a Washingtonian scapegoat ground in the teeth of politics and news cycles. Prison has tiers just like Dante’s hell, and Weaver views this with the earnest eye of the genuine seeker.” John Edwards

A unique and remarkable book about books, language, faith, love and loss. Atmospheric, dreamlike, unpredictable and wise, Gospel Prism is the dazzling debut novel from Gerald Weaver

Alone in his jail cell, Christian receives a midnight visitation from a beautiful stranger. She is the messiah and tasks him with solving a series of spiritual mysteries in order to save his immortal soul. What follows is a tour of prison life, both physical and mental, in turns laugh out loud funny, tragic and poignant.

Gerald Weaver received his bachelor's degree from Yale University and Juris Doctor degree from Catholic University. He has been a Capitol Hill chief of staff, a campaign manager, a lobbyist, a single father, a teacher of English and Latin, a collector and seller of Chinese antiquities and a contributor to the political magazine, George. He lives in the suburbs of Washington, DC, and travels regularly between the United Kingdom and the US. Gospel Prism is his first novel.