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A guest at the feast : essays / Colm Tóibín.

Summary:
"From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781476785202
  • ISBN: 1476785201
  • Physical Description: x, 323 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Part one. Cancer: My part in its downfall -- A guest at the feast -- A brush with the law -- Part two. The paradoxical pope -- Among the flutterers -- The Bergoglio smile: Pope Francis -- The Ferns report -- Part three. Putting religion in its place: Marilynne Robinson -- Issues of truth and invention: Francis Stuart -- Snail slow: John McGahern -- Epilogue. Alone in Venice.
Subject: Authors, Irish > 21st century > Biography.
Ireland > Social life and customs.
Cancer > Patients > England > London > Biography.
Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Popes > Biography.
Religion in literature.
Travel writing.
Venice (Italy)
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Essays.
Travel writing.
Book reviews.

Available copies

  • 10 of 12 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 824.914 TOIBIN (Text) 50686016268430 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 824.914 TOI (Text) 33240005160406 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Exeter Community Library 824.914 TOI (Text) 33249025522032 Non-fiction Available -
Highland Community Library 824.914 TOI (Text) 35610001004899 HGHM Non-Fiction Available -
Parkland Community Library 824.914 TOI (Text) 34422007383298 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bethlehem Coolidge Branch 824.914 (Text) 33062009753147 New Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 824.914 (Text) 33062009696387 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library 824.914 T646g (Text) 31901004774990 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Palmer Branch 824.914 T646g (Text) 31901004675502 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Hughes Library 824.914 TOI (Text) 32378005181526 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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