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No Other Life - Hardcover

Moore, Brian

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Synopsis

Father Paul Michel, a Canadian missionary on the poor Caribbean island of Ganae, rescues a little local boy from abject poverty and sets him on the road towards a dramatic and dangerous future as a revolutionary priest and, later, as the first democratically elected leader in a land of dictators.

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l bestseller is a swift, spellbinding tale of two men: Jeannot, a visionary black priest--hailed as the new Messiah of a Caribbean island, and Father Paul Michel, the Canadian missionary who serves as his mentor.  As Jeannot rises in power, making deadly enemies of the corrupt army, the mulatto elite, drug dealers and the Catholic Church, the reluctant Father Michel finds himself drawn into a drama of faith an politics.

About the Author

Brian Moore has twice won the Governor General's Award for fiction.  His two most recent novels were the bestsellers Lies of Silence, available in Arrow paperback, and Black Robe.

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