The Vicar of Sorrows by A N Wilson
In this powerful novel that will confirm his reputation as one of Britain's brightest literary lights, A.N. Wilson recounts the downward spiral of Francis Kreer, a clergyman who has stopped believing in God and whose marriage has begun to come apart at the seams. When his mother dies, Francis is shocked to discover that she had a lover and that he must share his inheritance with this odious man. Then Francis falls in love--painfully, absolutely--with an irresistible but most unsuitable young woman. Wilson traces Francis's descent through various circles of the English establishment and counterculture, a tragi-comic journey that takes the hero to the outer edges of both absurdity and despair.
"A marvelously conceived novel that takes on everything from the Church of England to modern marriage in its sendup of contemporary mores" -- Gail Caldwell - Boston Sunday Globe
"Quite superb. . . . Wilson's eye on the minefields of English social and clerical life is devastatingly accurate." -- Gabrielle Donnelly - Los Angeles Times
"Terrifically funny and at the same time terrifically sad. . . . Mr. Wilson is a brilliantly mordant observer of human types, of which this book offers a merciless catalogue." -- National Review
"A journey far more unsettling and moving that any offered in his previous work." -- Publishers Weekly
"Entertaining, perceptive, and affecting. . . . His best novel yet." -- The Independent [London]
"Quite superb. . . . Wilson's eye on the minefields of English social and clerical life is devastatingly accurate." -- Gabrielle Donnelly - Los Angeles Times
"Terrifically funny and at the same time terrifically sad. . . . Mr. Wilson is a brilliantly mordant observer of human types, of which this book offers a merciless catalogue." -- National Review
"A journey far more unsettling and moving that any offered in his previous work." -- Publishers Weekly
"Entertaining, perceptive, and affecting. . . . His best novel yet." -- The Independent [London]
A. N. Wilson is the author of the acclaimed biographies Tolstoy, C. S. Lewis, Jesus, and Paul; God's Funeral, and several celebrated novels. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393312942 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393312941 |
| Title | The Vicar of Sorrows |
| Author | A N Wilson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2012-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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