Mr. Blue - Softcover

Connolly, Myles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1944418075 ISBN 13: 9781944418076

Publisher: Cluny Media, LLC, 2016

Synopsis

J. Blue is a mysterious man. Charming and carefree, he goes from rags to riches after the inheritance of an unexpected fortune, only to forgo money and power for the love of Lady Poverty. This life of service leads him to embrace fully his Christian faith—loving the unlovable, instructing the ignorant, and remembering that it is by grace that we are saved. In this new edition of Myles Connolly’s 1928 novel, readers can again encounter the mystery of “Mr. Blue.” The new Introduction by Stephen Mirarchi places the book in historical context and explains its literary structure, just as Mirarchi’s exhaustive Notes reveal Connolly’s sharp command of his craft. Readers will see more clearly than ever before—as the novel’s narrator does—how “Blue made one believe almost anything is possible,” especially a life of joyful self-giving. Check out our other books at www.clunymedia.com!

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From the Back Cover:

Blue . . . was a uniquely American personality. As Myles Connolly wrote him, J. Blue was the man whom the ambitious Jay Gatsby might have become had he steered by a higher truth than the sound of money in Daisy Buchanan’s voice.”
—from the introduction by John B. Breslin, S.J.

J. Blue is a young man who decides to take Christianity seriously, not as a chore but as a challenge. He spends his inherited wealth almost as soon as he gets it. He lives in a packing box on a New York City rooftop. He embraces the poor as his best friends and wisest companions, distrusts the promises of technology (except for the movies), and is fascinated by anything involving the wide expanse of God’s universe. He is the ultimate free spirit, it seems; but what is the source—and purpose—of his freedom? This novel about a contemporary St. Francis figure has delighted and inspired countless readers since it was first published in 1928.

About the Author:

Stephen Mirarchi is Assistant Professor of English at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He has published numerous articles in academic journals, popular magazines, and newspapers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cluny Media, LLC
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1944418075
• ISBN 13: 9781944418076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246