Glamorous Powers - Softcover

Howatch, Susan

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2,108 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006176615 ISBN 13: 9780006176619

Publisher: Fontana Press, 1993

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Jon Darrow, a man with psychic powers, is a man who has played many parts: a shady faith-healer; a naval chaplain, a passionate husband, an awkward father, an Anglo-Catholic monk.
In 1940 Darrow returns to the world he once renounced, but faced with many unforeseen temptations he fails to control his psychic, most glamorous powers. Corruption lies in wait for him, and threatens not only his future as a priest but his happiness with Anne, the young woman he has come to love.

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Review:

'Glamorous Powers is a brave and welcome new direction for Susan Howatch to take' Observer

'An intriguing and wholly involving story' New York Times Book Review

'This novel marks a remarkable departure for Susan Howatch' Today

'Howatch writes thrillers of the heart and mind ... everything in a Howatch novel cuts close to the bone and is of vital concern' New Woman

'A mesmerising storyteller' Daily Telegraph

'One of the most original novelists writing today' Cosmopolitan

'She is a deft storyteller, and her writing has depth, grace and pace' Sunday Times

About the Author:

Susan Howatch was born in Surrey in 1940. After taking a degree in law she emigrated to America where she married, had a daughter and embarked on her career as a writer. When she eventually left the states, she lived in the Republic of Ireland for four years before returning to England. She spent time in Salisbury - the inspiration for her Starbridge sequence of novels - and now lives in London.

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