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Catholics (Paperback)

by Brian Moore (Author)
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  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New Ed edition (7 May 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006548369
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006548362
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 0.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 951,058 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A story about loss of faith - its substitutes, its sublimation and its torments. Brian Moore is the author of "Lies of Silence" and "No Other Life".

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4.0 out of 5 stars Bleak and powerful, 8 Oct 2000
By A T Plasom-Scott (Newcastle-upon-Tyne United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Brian Moore tells the story of an Irish Abbott who clings to the old Catholic Faith - Latin Masses, individual confession and all - long after the Fourth Vatican Council which has gone far further down the ecumenical route than anything we have yet seen.

Moore's sparse, taut prose and his incisive understanding of the traditionalists' position make this a fascinating read, and the tension builds steadily until the very last page of the book, when the inherent flaw in the traditionalists' position - obedience to authority - is deployed to devastating effect.

But the outer plot, the abbott's duel with the superior sent to 'get that fool off the mountain' is only half the story. The abbott's own spiritual desolation, and the emptiness of his opponent's belief system provide the internal tension that make this a tremendously powerful read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Find a copy!, 18 Mar 2008
By Paul Callick (manchester) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Catholics (Paperback)
It's astonishing that most of Moore's (very good) novels are kept in print but his best book (this one) isn't. Rush to buy a second-hand copy, if you can find one! This is a novella pared down to not more than a short story, really, but where every sentence is freighted beautifully, touching and drole, slyly humourous and lucidly intelligent. The story has reverberations beyond the Graham Greenesque central character, the Abbot who loses his faith. What the story hinges around is the paradox of a deeply traditional place (the monastery island) which becomes paradoxically a centre for tourism, a roaring success because of, not despite, its auld ways and simplicity. A kind of intimation of what would happen to the Irish economy in the 1990s and 1990s. It's also postmodern in how it pictures religious belief/dogma being emptied out, but with faith (in an inner-life way) broadened and deepened. A terrific and very interesting little book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Remarks on Brian Moore's "Catholics", 11 April 2009
By Charles Edward Brooks - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Catholics (Hardcover)
The author shows a remarkable prescience as regards the effects of Vatican II on the Catholic world. Happily, the reality today is not quite as extreme as what he imagined. But there are theologians who continue to militate in this "liberal" direction. The Popes who have followed John XXIII have shifted the rudder in a conservative sense, and that is no doubt precisely what was needed.
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