My book Soul Made Flesh will be coming out in January, but in the meantime, I've posted an excerpt on my web site. You can read it online or print out a pdf.
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A pound of flesh is only ~0.5% of the average person. Would you prefer to pay a pound of (your own) flesh, or your income tax assessment as conventionally calculated.
Show your math.
Extra credit: Discuss why the pound of flesh should or should not be adjusted for inflation.
It's too early yet for reviews of Soul Made Flesh to start rolling in (it pubs in January 2004), so I'm still in an anxious state.
Ok, I'm a little late, so I figured I'd make this one extra-disgusting to cover the time you weren't cringing.
Today I'll be talking for an hour about Soul Made Flesh on Minnesota public radio.