Absolute Truths: A Novel - Hardcover

Howatch, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679412069 ISBN 13: 9780679412069

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Bishop Charles Ashworth finds his faith and morality shaken by his grief over the death of his wife and embarks on a spiritual quest in search of the absolute truths that have shaped his life. 40,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. BOMC Alt. Tour.

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1968, with the swinging sixties sliding into decadence, finds Nicholas Darrow wrestling with overwhelming personal problems: How can he bring himself to marry his fiancee, Rosalind, when he is unable to avoid promiscuity? How can he become a priest when he finds it so difficult to live as one? And how can he break his dangerous dependence on his father Jon, whose psychic gifts he shares?

It is at this crucial moment in his life that Nick becomes involved in the mystery surrounding his friend, Christian Aysgarth. Gradually, he realises that discovering the truth about this enigmatic and complex man will unlock the answers to his own baffling problems. However, his journey through darkness into the light reverses all the old certainties and, in his experiments with his psychic powers, Nick risks even his own life and sanity.

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About the Author:

Susan Howatch was born in Surrey in 1940. After taking a degree in law she emigrated to America where she married, had a daughter and embarked on her career as a writer. When she eventually left the states, she lived in the Republic of Ireland for four years before returning to England. She spent time in Salisbury - the inspiration for her Starbridge sequence of novels - and now lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679412069
• ISBN 13: 9780679412069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 559