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A wonderful tale of travelling players in 14th century England
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"A bravura performance . . . A thought-provoking comedy on the eternal sameness of disaster and the recurrent uses we put it to in art." --The New York Times Book Review
"Brilliantly imagined. . . . A dramatic meditation on the relationship between life and play." --San Francisco Chronicle "A historical novelist of rare talent. . . . A spare and disquieting tale." --The Boston Globe "A book of subtlety, compassion, and skill. . . . Confirms Barry Unsworth's position as a master craftsman of contemporary British fiction." --Los Angeles Times "A learned, witty, satisfying entertainment." --The New York Times"Works brilliantly. . . . A dark and suspenseful murder mystery; and a provocative meditation on the birth of a new art form." --Chicago Tribune
"An absorbing mix of historical fiction and whodunit, the novel abounds in vivid, seamlessly integrated details of fourteenth-century life." --The Wall Street Journal
"An entertaining, thought-provoking work of remarkable scope and detail." --Houston Chronicle
"A gem. . . . Morality Play resonates with meaning for our own time." --Newsday
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Nicholas Barber, a young and wayward cleric, stumbles across a group of travelling players and compounds his sins by joining them....
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