Three Cheers For The Paraclete
Author: Keneally, Tom
ISBN: 9781741667608
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Year first published: 01 Apr 2008
Pages: 284
Format: Paperback / softback
Winner of the 1968 Miles Franklin Award
Winner of the 1968 Miles Franklin Award
From the moment he allows his young cousin and bride to spend the night in his room, Father Maitland causes raised eyebrows and dark mutterings amongst the brothers at St Peter's. Time and again his efforts to do the right thing for his fellow men lead him into conflict with his superiors and the immutable laws of the church - a conflict which ultimately threatens to destroy him both as a priest and as a man.
Thomas Keneally's darkly satirical novel, which won him his second successive Miles Franklin Award resounds with intellect and humour.
ISBN: 9781741667608
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Year first published: 01 Apr 2008
Pages: 284
Format: Paperback / softback
Winner of the 1968 Miles Franklin Award
Winner of the 1968 Miles Franklin Award
From the moment he allows his young cousin and bride to spend the night in his room, Father Maitland causes raised eyebrows and dark mutterings amongst the brothers at St Peter's. Time and again his efforts to do the right thing for his fellow men lead him into conflict with his superiors and the immutable laws of the church - a conflict which ultimately threatens to destroy him both as a priest and as a man.
Thomas Keneally's darkly satirical novel, which won him his second successive Miles Franklin Award resounds with intellect and humour.
