A guest at the feast : essays
Title:
A guest at the feast : essays
Author:
Tóibín, Colm, 1955- author.
ISBN:
9781476785202
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Uniform Title:
Essays. Selections
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
x, 323 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Part one. Cancer: My part in its downfall -- A guest at the feast -- A brush with the law -- Part two. The paradoxical pope -- Among the flutterers -- The Bergoglio smile: Pope Francis -- The Ferns report -- Part three. Putting religion in its place: Marilynne Robinson -- Issues of truth and invention: Francis Stuart -- Snail slow: John McGahern -- Epilogue. Alone in Venice.
Abstract:
"From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature"-- Provided by publisher.
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