Baigent's New Work Reviewed

Salon.com is running a very lengthy and entertaining review of Michael Baigent's new book, The Jesus Papers. You have to click through an ad page to read the whole article, but it's actually a painless hoop to jump through, and the three-screen review is really worth the read. Here's a snip:

The most intriguing discovery to be found in "The Jesus Papers" will probably only interest those of us who pursue the odd and somewhat pitiful hobby of crank-watching; it's finally clear from reading this book that it was Baigent -- rather than co-authors Leigh and Henry Lincoln -- who actually wrote "Holy Blood, Holy Grail." The voice, which grows more and more authoritative in tone as the foundations of its arguments dissolve into piffle, is unmistakable. Baigent's co-authors may have supplied the research and quite possibly the underlying structure of "Grail"; this book offers little fresh information and is badly muddled. But the style of "The Jesus Papers," a masterly counterpoint of bluster, false humility and self-righteousness, matches that of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" like a fingerprint.

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Salon, 07.04.06