The Bishop's Man

Type

Book

Authors

MacIntyre, Linden

ISBN 10

0307357066

ISBN 13

9780307357069

Tags

Literature & Fiction, Catholic Church, Clergy, Corruption, Nova Scotia--Cape Breton (County), Canada, Celibacy, Child sexual abuse by clergy, Clergy--Sexual behavior

Abstract

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. 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, he 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

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Novels
Psychological fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Linden MacIntyre
ISBN: 9780307357069 0307357066
OCLC Number: 317353345
Awards: Winner of Scotiabank Giller Prize 2009
Description: 399 pages ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Linden MacIntyre.

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