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The Bishop's Man (2009)

by Linden MacIntyre(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0307357066 (ISBN13: 9780307357069)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Random House Canada

series

The Cape Breton Trilogy

review 1: A kind of a tragic novel, tracing the conflicted life of a decent yet conflicted priest striving to be faithful in a conflicted and troubled church. You can't help but like the protagonist, even as he's making decisions that are so clearly problematic. While I suspect this novel probably fuelled the anti-church (and specifically anti-Roman Catholic church...) biases of some, I think it might well be used as required reading in seminaries, Catholic and otherwise.
review 2: Mr. MacIntyre has given us a compelling tale of a Catholic priest who is questioning his mission in life, and seeking to understand himself better. Not only is his faith being challenged, but more than anything he wants to stay somewhere and belong to someone. He's tired of being alone and alw... moreays moving somewhere new. He no longer feels relieved when his job in a new parish is completed. I enjoyed experiencing the turmoil a priest might feel, given the revelations which are now coming to light. Reading this book made me eager to read his next book, Why Men Lie, in which we are reintroduced to the characters in his earlier novel. less

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