Description
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.
About the Author
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.
Reviews
"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]
Book Information
ISBN 9780393312942
Author A. N. Wilson
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 509g
Dimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 25mm