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Author:

Tóibín, Colm, 1955- 33264

Title:

A guest at the feast : essays / Colm Tóibín.

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Scribner,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

x, 323 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Authors, Irish--21st century--Biography.
Cancer--Patients--London--London--Biography.
Travel writing.
Tóibín, Colm,--1955-
Autobiographies.
Essays.

Contents:

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 show: John McGaharn -- Alone in Venice.

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.

ISBN:

9781476785202
1476785201

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1334003062

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)