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Turbulent Priests
Bateman
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Description for Turbulent Priests
Paperback. Back together with his wife Patricia and the baby that resulted from her affair, Dan accepts a commission from Cardinal Daley to investigate the tiny island of Wrathlin, where the inhabitants appear to believe that the new Messiah has been born. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Is she the new Messiah, or just a very naughty girl? Dan Starkey arrives on Wrathlin Island - meteorogically wet but alcoholically dry - to investigate the residents' belief that the Messiah is alive, female, and about to start school there: it's not a commission that turns up every day. With wife Patricia and her baby Little Stevie, he finds himself caught up in a mess of religious intolerance, blokes with shooters and illicit drinking in a tiny community that is big on religious fervour but small on hospitality. Apart from the Messiah's mum of course, who's clung to ... Read more
Is she the new Messiah, or just a very naughty girl? Dan Starkey arrives on Wrathlin Island - meteorogically wet but alcoholically dry - to investigate the residents' belief that the Messiah is alive, female, and about to start school there: it's not a commission that turns up every day. With wife Patricia and her baby Little Stevie, he finds himself caught up in a mess of religious intolerance, blokes with shooters and illicit drinking in a tiny community that is big on religious fervour but small on hospitality. Apart from the Messiah's mum of course, who's clung to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Book Publishing
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
333g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755378753
SKU
V9780755378753
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Ref
99-50
About Bateman
Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films DIVORCING JACK, CROSSMAHEART and WILD ABOUT HARRY. He lives in Ireland with his family.
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