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Thirty-year-old virgin Vincent Dungarvan is a schoolmaster whose mother desperately wishes him to become a Roman Catholic Priest. But on meeting Laura - intelligent, warm and erotically attractive - Vincent becomes torn between his intended vocation and a passionate desire to marry her. This is a powerful and deeply moving tale of divine calling versus mortal desire. "REVIEW: 'A subtle study of love and sex' (Saturday Review) "REVIEW: '...real anguish of mind and a new subtlety in the treatment of human relationships' (The Guardian) "REVIEW: 'In this novel more than any other Braine shows that he know what men - and women - are like' (The Daily Telegraph) "REVIEW: 'It is perfectly done...worked up to a compelling climax admirably prepared for' (Evening Standard) AUTHBIO: Bradford-born John Braine ranks alongside Kingsley Amis, John Osborne and Allan Sillitoe as one of the so-called Angry Young Men of the 1950s, whose literature was a protest against class distinctions and middle-class manners. His first novel, Room at the Top, was an overnight success and has been made into a highly successful film, which won two Oscars.
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- PublisherTBS The Book Service Ltd
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0413366308
- ISBN 13 9780413366306
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages290
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The Jealous God
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Magnum Books, London, United Kingdom, 1977
ISBN 10: 0413366308
ISBN 13: 9780413366306
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. First Thus. Mass market paperback, 287 pages; very tiny traces of shelf wear, two tiny price stickers on front cover, large bookstore rubber stamp inside front cover, pages age toned, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition. See also our listings for Braine's The Queen of a Distant Country and Life at the Top. Seller Inventory # 042641
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The Jealous God
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Magnum Books/ Methuen Paperbacks, London, England, United Kingdom, 1977
ISBN 10: 0413366308
ISBN 13: 9780413366306
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Mass Market Paperback
Seller: M. W. Cramer Rare and Out Of Print Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. The book is very good with some shelf wear and a reading crease along spine. Seller Inventory # 007194
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