Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Karen Frank

The onion of history, both personal and cultural, is peeled back layer by layer in this marvelous novel of character. Father Robert Shannon is sent to Ireland to recover both his wits and his soul after having suffered shell-shock as an American chaplain in WWI. The complexity of his psychic injury is woven through events both in his Boston archdiocese and the troubled climate of early 20th century Ireland. Hi... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Karen Frank

Truly a story worth telling. I was absorbed from the first sentence and immersed in cultures that I have very limited knowledge of. I became instantly close to the characters and cared deeply about their destiny. Rich and sweeping as well as intensely personal, I felt each word right to my fingertips, almost like being hooked up to an IV. "Perfection of the life or of the work" is a theme that reverberates thr... read more>>>

Publisher Comments

"This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity, as well as nontraditional grammar, split infinitives, and the odd wank . . . If that's the sort of thing you think you might enjoy, then you have happened upon the perfect story!"

Verily speaks Christopher Moore, much beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, who hath writteneth much ... read more>>>