ANNE RICE is about to publish a novel about the infancy of Jesus:

Vampire novelist takes a bite out of the Bible
Jesus Christ as protagonist of Anne Rice's new book.
Mario San Juan (Talonmarks.com)

Immortality. Homoeroticism. Beauty. These are just some of the most common themes Anne Rice explores in several of her books.

Anne Rice, Queen of the Vampires, well-known for her sensual world of vampirism, has contributed to the canon of literature with rich works of fiction. Creating carefully luxuriant, detailed tapestries where philosophy, humanity, sexuality, history, and, most importantly, homoeroticism play a part.

And now, Rice returns to the world of literature with perhaps her most ambitious project: "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt," a novel about the infancy of Jesus Christ. It is based on the four gospels, apocrypha, and New Testament scholarship.

The story will be narrated from Jesus Christ's voice, as some of "The Vampire Chronicles" were told through the voice of her most renowned character, the vampire Lestat.

[...]

Woo hoo! I bet this will get people going. I've read many of Rice's books and enjoyed them, although I thought that Lasher moved into some icky territory. Her novel Memnoch The Devil includes a retelling of the Watchers myth which I thought was quite well done. It also has the vampire Lestat drinking the blood of Christ during the crucifixion, which hints that her treatment of Jesus in this new book isn't likely to be uncontroversial. Should be interesting.

UPDATE: More here and here.