| The Vicar of Sorrows Contributor(s): Wilson, A. N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393312941 ISBN-13: 9780393312942 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1995 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.47" W x 8.27" (0.89 lbs) 400 pages |
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| Publisher Description: When his mother dies, Francis is shocked to discover that she had a lover and that he must share his inheritance with this (awful) man. Then Francis falls in love--painfully, absolutely--with an irresistible but most unsuitable young woman. A. N. Wilson traces Francis's descent through various circles of the English establishment, a tragi-comic journey that takes the hapless hero to the outer edges of both absurdity and despair. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, A. N.: - 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. |