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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