The story of Father Laforgue, a Jesuit who comes to Canada to save the souls of its natives, mirrors the clash between two disparate cultures--that of the European Jesuits and that of the Indians
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Brian Moore was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1921. He served with the Ministry of War in North Africa, Italy, and France during the Second World War. He emigrated to Canada in 1948 and worked as a newspaper reporter for the Montreal Gazette from 1948 until 1952.
While living in Canada, Moore wrote his first three novels, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The Feast of Lupercal, and The Luck of Ginger Coffey, the first two set in Belfast, the third in Montreal. In 1959 he moved to the United States, but Canada continued to play a role in his later novels, including I Am Mary Dunne, The Great Victorian Collection, and Black Robe. His many honours included two Governor General’s Awards for Fiction.
Brian Moore died in Malibu, California, in 1999.
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Seller: Anthony Clark, Wolfville, NS, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1985, Hardcover First Canadian Edition with a complete number line ending in '1'. Book is tight and unread, just about new but with a few tiny pin point marks on the top text edge and a discolouration on the front board across the bottom, two inches or so - I suspect a production error, otherwise a very tight clean near new copy, with issues, listed as Near Fine minus. Dust jacket is unclipped and has a few scuffs, otherwise Near Fine and comes in a removable, archival, mylar sleeve. Seller Inventory # 002516
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First. pp.246 clean tight copy with some tanning to text pages and shelfwear to extremities some rubbing to covers Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 026220