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Synopsis
A paperback edition of a novel, unavailable for several years which tells of the havoc wreaked when religious fervour reaches fever pitch among the newly converted at an Easter houseparty. The author is a previous winner of The Betty Trask and Somerset Maugham awards and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
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Review
"Religion, sex and mania bursting hoof-footed from suburban doors" (Fay Weldon)
"Not since The Catcher in the Rye has there been such a believable portrayal of male puberty. The quality of story-telling and the cadence of the prose have a piercing authenticity" (Catholic Herald)
"As a technician [Parks] cannot be faulted. His book builds to a terrifying tour de force, made bearable only by the tight prose" (Jeanette Winterson)
"He can write, at will, like a modern Henry James, proceeding with composure through the labyrinth" (Literary Review)
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'A hilarious and original portrait of a young boy grappling with good and evil' - New York Times Book Review
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- PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0434577359
- ISBN 13 9780434577354
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages144
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