The Vicar of Sorrows - Hardcover

Wilson, A. N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393036103 ISBN 13: 9780393036107

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1994

Synopsis

His lack of love for either his wife or his religion do not seem to bother clergyman Francis Kreer until his mother dies, leaving him an inheritance, and he falls in love with a most unsuitable young woman.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In this powerful novel that will confirm his reputation as one of Britain's brightest literary lights, A.N. Wilson recounts the downward spiral of Francis Kreer, a clergyman who has stopped believing in God and whose marriage has begun to come apart at the seams. When his mother dies, Francis is shocked to discover that she had a lover and that he must share his inheritance with this odious man. Then Francis falls in love--painfully, absolutely--with an irresistible but most unsuitable young woman. Wilson traces Francis's descent through various circles of the English establishment and counterculture, a tragi-comic journey that takes the hero to the outer edges of both absurdity and despair.

About the Author:

A. N. Wilson taught English language and literature at New College, Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0393036103
• ISBN 13: 9780393036107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 391