[.ca] The Book of Judas: A Poem by Brendan Kennelly (ISBN 1852241713)

An Epic Poem in 12 Parts:
From Back Cover: "In 'The Book of Judas,' an epic poem in twelve parts, Kennelly lets Judas, the eternal traitor and scapegoat, who is not merely lost but unredeemable, speak, dream and murmur in all his voices - of past and present, history and myth, good and evil, men, women and children, and moneymoneymoney - until we realize that the damned outcast, the unspeakable perpetrator of the apparently unthinkable, in penetrating the icy reaches of his own world, becomes a sly, many-voiced crick of ours. In this poem we meet a Judas who is severed and articulate, cold and fiery, ancient and contemporary, an essential part of our culture, and of each one of us, skilled in the necessary, appalling art of judging each other."