Moore, Brian No Other Life ISBN 13: 9780747514749

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9780747514749: No Other Life

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Father Paul Michel, a Canadian missionary on the poor Caribbean island of Ganae, rescues a little local boy from abject poverty and sets him on the road towards a dramatic and dangerous future as a revolutionary priest and, later, as the first democratically elected leader in a land of dictators.

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‘Brian Moore is a brilliant narrator. No Other Life is comprehensive, delicate and mysterious.’
Kate Kellaway, Observer

‘In this explosive book Moore brings a world pulsatingly to life, with vivid descriptive writing and a series of beautifully accurate vignettes.’
Anthony Curtis, Financial Times

‘No Other Life is tightly-made and absorbing. Brian Moore is a highly intelligent writer who has the enviable ability to make you want to go on turning the pages... this is a very exciting book.’
A. N. Wilson, Evening Standard

‘The profundity of this book is achieved with breathtaking lightness... Moore can push the reader’s mind against it’s own extremities.’
Laura Cumming, Guardian

‘Posed, bracing and moving... if pleasure indeed corrupts the soul, then this very novel is a twenty-four carat sin.’
Tom Adair, Independent

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When Father Paul Michel, a missionary on the desperately poor Caribbean island of Ganae, rescues a little black boy, Jeannot, from abject poverty, he has little idea of the perilous and dramatic events the future holds in store. Jeannot becomes a revolutionary catholic priest and is subsequently elected president of a land previously accustomed only to despair and dictatorship. A brilliant messianic orator, Jeannot bravely urges his black brethren to rise against the forces determined to topple him. But is he a saint or a rabble-rouser? Even Father Paul can no longer be sure of his protégé's true motives...

"In this explosive book Moore brings a world pulsating to life, with vivid descriptive writing and a series of beautifully accurate vignettes."
ANTHONY CURTIS, ' Financial Times'

"'No Other Life' is tightly-made and absorbing. Brian Moore is a highly intelligent writer who has the enviable ability to make you want to go on turning the pages... this is a very exciting book."
A.N.WILSON, 'Evening Standard'

"The profundity of this book is achieved with breathtaking lightness... Moore can push the reader's mind against its own extremities."
LAURA CUMMING, ' Guardian'

"Poised, bracing and moving... if pleasure indeed corrupts the soul, then this very novel is a twenty-four carat sin."
TOM ADAIR, 'Independent'

"Brian Moore is a brilliant narrator. 'No Other Life' is comprehensive, delicate and mysterious."
KATE KELLAWAY, 'Observer'

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  • PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication date1993
  • ISBN 10 0747514747
  • ISBN 13 9780747514749
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages288

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