Turbulent Priests by Bateman

Turbulent Priests by Bateman

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Dan Starkey returns! An hilarious, compelling, endlessly inventive novel featuring one of Bateman's best loved characters

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Turbulent Priests by Bateman

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 her sanity. And her lager.
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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ISBN 13 9780755378753
ISBN 10 075537875X
Title Turbulent Priests
Author Bateman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Year published 2012-02-02
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.