Office of Innocence
Overview
Marshalling the vast powers of narrative and historical re-creation that he brought to his international bestseller Schindler's List, Thomas Keneally has created a moving and provocative novel about a headstrong young Catholic priest in World War II Australia. As Sydney braces itself for a Japanese invasion, Father Frank Darragh finds his pastoral duties becoming increasingly challenging. How should he counsel an AWOL black American soldier who may face death for his involvement with a white woman? And what should he say to another woman--the distressingly beguiling Kate Heggarty--who impresses him with her virtue even as she edges toward sin? When Kate is found murdered, Darragh falls under suspicion. And even if the police clear him, his superiors--and his own conscience--may not. Office of Innocence is a book that's impossible to put down, dense with moral complexity and alive with period detail.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781400030958
- ISBN-10: 1400030951
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Publish Date: June 2004
- Dimensions: 8.04 x 5.26 x 0.73 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.59 pounds
- Page Count: 336
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