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Easterby Arditti, Michael
DescriptionLondon: Arcadia Books , 2000. pp391. Very light rub to corners, tiny pos & date on ffep. Otherwise near new. Signed by author on title page. 'Michael Arditti;s magnificant new novel is both a devastating portrait of today's Church of England and an audacious reworking of the central myth of Western culture....Shocking events unfold against a backdrop of meticulously observed religious services. High church ritual, evangelical revivalism and the ancestor-worship of the English gentry are all subjected to merciless scrutiny.'. Signed by Author. First British Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book summaryIn the parish of St.-Mary-in-the-Vale, it is Holy Week, and the vicar's gay curate brings scandal upon the quiet scene when he gets into a confrontation with the Queen in Westminster Abbey. Similar books from this booksellerFrom this bookseller's FICTION & POETRY catalog.
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