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Sydney, 1942, and Frank Darragh, a young curate, is trying to save souls at the peril of his own. He is dangerously attracted to a married woman whose husband is a POW and confesses that she has been tempted by a charismatic GI. When she is murdered he finds himself way out of his depth.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    Sydney, 1942, and in a nation threatened by a Japanese invasion, with husbands absent and sleek GIs present, a spirit of recklessness takes hold. Frank Darragh, an innocent young curate, finds the line between saving others' souls and losing his own begins to blur as he beomes entangled with a menage a trois and dangerously attracted to a married woman whose husband is a POW, who confesses that she has been tempted by a charismatic American sergeant. Before Father Darragh can dissuade her, she is murdered. Suspecting the sergeant, yet believing he might save his soul, Darragh gets drawn ever further into a morass his complacent superiors deplore and towards a showdown that could cost him his life.

  • Blackwell

    On the outskirts of Sydney, Father Frank Darragh is embarking on his new life of priesthood just as war erupts in the Pacific theater. American GIs pour into Father Darragh's neighborhood, and with them comes a reminder of the atrocities abounding...

  • ASDA

    Keneally at his powerful best with the gripping tale of a priest and a serial killer in World War II Australia

  • 0340624760
  • 9780340624760
  • Thomas Keneally
  • 28 April 2003
  • Sceptre
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
  • New edition
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