Celibates and Other Lovers

Keady, Walter

ISBN 10: 1878448773 / ISBN 13: 9781878448774

Published by MacMurray & Beck, U.S.A., 1997

About this Item

SIGNED (and Inscribed) by Author on title page. 1st Edit 1st print, clean copy, hardcover with dust jacket; book is in excellent condition, no marks or writing, binding tight, dust jacket is bright and glossy, has mild edge wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Celibates and Other Lovers
• Publisher: MacMurray & Beck, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878448773
• ISBN 13: 9781878448774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

It is 1945, and in a rural Irish village called Creevagh, a young man waits eagerly for the mail, convinced that one letter will bring his salvation. Since the age of reason, Phelim O'Brien has been obsessed by a morbid fear of hell; and from the age of puberty, tormented by the certainty he'll wind up there. But his friend, Philpot Emmett, refuses to accept that the slightest tittle of carnal pleasure is a mortal sin, and where Phelim struggles, Philpot happily yields. Father Coyne admonishes, Catherine Ryan tempts, and the formidable Maura Higgins rebels against them all, vanguard of the encroaching modern values that are slowly changing the face of village life. This is an this endearing and sweetly funny first novel, by an engaging and talented new writer.

About the Author

Walter Keady grew up on a farm in the west of Ireland and worked in the Irish Civil Service. He served as a Catholic missionary priest in Brazil for several years. Recently retired from IBM, he lives with his family in New York's Hudson Valley.