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A miracle beckons: Phantom Limb, by Chris Kohler, reviewed

When a severed hand, buried in the 17th century, is accidently unearthed, it proves to have magical powers. Will its discovery propel the local church minister to stardom?

3 August 2024

9:00 AM

3 August 2024

9:00 AM

Phantom Limb Chris Kohler

Atlantic Books, pp.400, 17.99

In 2021, a financial newspaper estimated the American televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s wealth to be in the region of $750 million. This fortune has helped the preacher build a property empire and purchase a fleet of private jets – acquisitions, he says, ordained by God.

Gillis, the principal character in Chris Kohler’s Phantom Limb, has not been quite so blessed.

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