The bishop's man : a novel
Book |
Random House Canada,
Toronto :
c2009.
- 8 of 9 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
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About
A deeply wise and moving novel that explores the guilty minds and spiritual evasions of Catholic priests. Father Duncan MacAskill has spent most of his priesthood as the exorcist; an enforcer employed by his bishop to discipline wayward priests and suppress potential scandal. He knows all the devious ways that lonely priests persuade themselves that their needs trump their vows, but he's about to be sorely tested himself. While sequestered by his bishop in a small rural parish to avoid an impending public controversy, Duncan must confront the consequences of past cover-ups and the suppression of his own human needs. Pushed to the breaking point by loneliness, tragedy and sudden self-knowledge, Duncan discovers how hidden obsessions and guilty secrets either find their way to the light of understanding, or poison any chance we have for love and spiritual peace.
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Details
- ISBN: 9780307357069
- Physical Description: 399 p. ; 24 cm.print
- Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, c2009.
- General Note: Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2009.
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Awards Note:
Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2009.