The Benefits of Passion - Hardcover

Fox, Catherine

4.16

177 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241136830 ISBN 13: 9780241136836

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 1997

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Annie is training to be a priest, but as her mind wanders and doubts emerge about her choice of career, she plots and writes a highly-sexed novel about a novice priest and his flighty girlfriend. This narrative runs alongside Annie's.

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Review:

''A delightful novel: funny, life-enhancing and humane ... Above all, she displays a genuine ability to make religion palatable for a secular age. Forget The Rector's Wife [Joanna Trollope's bestselling 1992 novel], this is the real thing.'' --Michael Arditti, Independent

''She has again succeeded in creating a cast of compelling characters (some of whom made their first appearance in Angels and Men), whose fate one becomes anxious to discover.'' --Kate Chisholm, Sunday Telegraph

''Fox ... writes this provocative and witty story as if she were on springs, her exuberant style happily combining comedy with religious argument ... thoroughly enjoyable.'' --Good Housekeeping

Book Description:

A hugely enjoyable novel that communicates truths about the Christian faith in a subtle but captivating way.

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