The Edge of Sadness
β Scribed by Edwin O'Connor
- Book ID
- 111789651
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press; Little, Brown and Company
- Year
- 1961
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Edition
- z
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781568490618
- ASIN
- B09THPY141
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β¦ Synopsis
| Author: | Edwin O'Connor |
| Title: | The Edge of Sadness |
| Genre: | Fiction, Literature |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Monthly Press; Little, Brown and Company |
| Identifier: | 9781568490618, asin:B09THPY141 |
| Grade: | retail |
| Length: | 372 pages |
| Listing: | Award- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction () |
Hardcover, 460 pages
Published: 1961
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1962)
The story of Father Hugh, a middle-aged priest who grew up with the Carmody children in Boston but fell prey to alcoholism. Eventually, he does come back to Old St. Paul's, but he cuts himself off from any awareness of life going on. However, when the Carmodys come back into his life, things begin to happen.
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