Cain: prose, poetry by Richard England published by Kite, 2021 In his Lazarus, published earlier this year, Richard England strove to comment on and decipher the figure of the biblical Lazarus whom Jesus Christ raised from the dead. Though the author uses greatly his imagination about this remarkable figure, his book is based ultimately on what the Gospels tell us about this extraordinary event. In this new book, the figure discussed is Cain, first son of Adam and Eve. The book of Genesis tells us about God’s disapproval of his sacrifice to Him and how he became the first human murderer by killing his brother Abel. Cain is aware of having done wrong, his only complaint being God’s curse on him that will prevent him from continuing to till the earth, and compels him to go elsewhere as an exile, with God’s mark on him testifying him as murderer, but imposing on anyone who kills Cain a very grave punishment. The book cover Cain flees to the Land of Nod, east of Eden where he begins to build structures. At some point, whether before or after the killing of Abel we are not told, he marries and has children, one of whom is Enoch for whom Cain, who we are told lived 730 years, built...