The Presence of Grace
His greatest subject, however - and one that was uniquely his - was the life of priests in Chicago and the Midwest. Powers's thoroughly human priests, who include do-gooders, gladhanders, wheeler-dealers, petty tyrants, and even the odd saint, struggle to keep up with the Joneses in a country unabashedly devoted to consumption.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Year
- 2000
- ISBN-13
- 9780701206185
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Catholic priesthoodMidwestern American lifeMaterialism and consumerism
Awards
- National Book Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1957)
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