The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (Canongate Myths 16) The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is a novel by Philip Pullate Books, it tells the story of Jesus as if he were two people, "Jesus" and "Christ," with contrasting personalities; Jesus being a ure ishes to use Jesus&39; legacy to found a powerful Church The book has attracted controversy, as well as hatehi has been criticised by Professor Gerald O&39;Collins Diarmaid MacCulloch reviewed the book positively for Literary Review