SJR Reads ~ The Bishop’s Man
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Bring a bag lunch and join us in the parlour after Gather ‘n Gab (coffee time) to discuss our latest selection. Everyone is welcome to join us, whether you’ve only just started reading the book, or finished it some time ago.
“The Bishop’s Man centres on a sensitive topic — the sexual abuses perpetrated by Catholic priests on the innocent children in their care. Father Duncan, the first person narrator, has been his bishop’s dutiful enforcer, employed to check the excesses of priests and, crucially, to suppress the evidence. But as events veer out of control, he is forced into painful self-knowledge as family, community and friendship are torn apart under the strain of suspicion, obsession and guilt. A brave novel, conceived and written with impressive delicacy and understanding.” – Statement by Jury, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2009