In this haunting novel that 'troubles our sleep' (Richard Holloway) seven characters circle the enigmatic and callous figure of Carel, a 'priest of no God'.
Carel is rector of a City church in ruins, destroyed during the war. In the rectory lives his daughter, Muriel, his beautiful invalid ward, Elizabeth, and their West Indian servant, Patti. Here too are Eugene, a Russian emigre, and his delinquent son, Leo. Carel's brother, Marcus, co-guardian with him of Elizabeth, tires to make contact with Carel but is constantly rebuffed.
These seven characters go through a dance of attraction and repulsion, misunderstanding and revelation, the centre of which is the enigmatic Carel himself — a priest who believes that God is dead, and this is the time of the angels.
• With an afterword by Richard Holloway (author of Beyond Belief and Leaving Alexandria)
In this haunting novel that 'troubles our sleep' (Richard Holloway) seven characters circle the enigmatic and callous figure of Carel, a 'priest of no God'.
Carel is rector of a City church in ruins, destroyed during the war. In the rectory lives his daughter, Muriel, his beautiful invalid ward, Elizabeth, and their West Indian servant, Patti. Here too are Eugene, a Russian emigre, and his delinquent son, Leo. Carel's brother, Marcus, co-guardian with him of Elizabeth, tires to make contact with Carel but is constantly rebuffed.
These seven characters go through a dance of attraction and repulsion, misunderstanding and revelation, the centre of which is the enigmatic Carel himself — a priest who believes that God is dead, and this is the time of the angels.
• With an afterword by Richard Holloway (author of Beyond Belief and Leaving Alexandria)
The Time of the Angels
368
The Time of the Angels
368
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099429098 |
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| Publisher: | Random House UK |
| Publication date: | 06/25/2002 |
| Edition description: | New |
| Pages: | 368 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.12(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.50(d) |