The Book Against God by James Wood

The Book Against God by James Wood

But when his father is suddenly taken ill Thomas returns home, to the tiny village in the north of England where his father still works as a parish priest. Thomas hopes that he may finally be able to communicate honestly with his father, a brilliant and formidable Christian example, and sort out his wayward life.

It is written with lovely, controlled precisionHis descriptions deliver little aesthetic shock-charges of pleasure...There are delights of simple recognition-but there are also deeper emotional depth-charges * Sunday Telegraph *
Striking...The Book Against God is a gifted and winning first novel, neatly knotted at the end * Guardian *
Thought-provoking and full of sharp-eyed observations of characters and places * Daily Mail *
At once hilarious and haunting... It keeps your attention in every sentence -- Bernard O'Donoghue * Irish Times *
A work of skilful craftsmanship, which teasingly engages and disengages one's sympathies * The Economist *

Born in Durham in 1965, James Wood has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2007. He was the chief literary critic at the Guardian from 1992 to 1995, and a senior editor at The New Republic from 1995 to 2007. His books include How Fiction Works, which has been translated into fifteen languages.

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ISBN 13	9780099453574
ISBN 10	0099453576
Title	The Book Against God
Author	James Wood
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2004-04-01
Number of pages	256
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