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The Celibate
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 Local DescriptionStock not held – Allow 8 weeks DescriptionIn this intelligent and emotive novel, readers follow the story of an unnamed church ordinary with his mind full of God and his heart closed to love who is sent to London where he enters an unfamiliar world of outcasts, down-and-outs, rent boys, religious fundamentalists and people with AIDS. In increasing despair, he embarks on a journey through the world of Jack the Ripper, the devastation of the Black Plague and the mysteries of his own family. As the past and present come full-circle he learns the true meaning of passion. ReviewsAn exceptional book - at its core it combines the sexual with the spiritual' Sunday Times Author descriptionMichael Arditti was born in Cheshire and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. He began his literary career writing plays, of which several were produced on the stage and the radio. He has written theatre criticism for The Times, The Sunday Times, Daily Mail and Sunday Express, and was, for many years, a regular reviewer for the Evening Standard. He currently reviews books for several papers and is a regular broadcaster on the BBC. His novel Easter, published in 2000, won the first Waterstone's Mardi Gras Award and was shortlisted for the Creative Freedom Award. Unity (2005) was shortlisted for the 2006 Wingate / Jewish Quarterly Literary Prize. |
