Description
A charismatic priest with a gift for public speaking and a worldly understanding of faith, Father Urban seems destined for greatness—until a sudden, humiliating reassignment to a remote retreat house in the Minnesota hinterlands upends his carefully imagined future. From golf courses and fishing lodges to small-town gatherings, he presses on with infectious zeal, trying to translate spiritual ideals into everyday life while navigating the moral gray areas that come with influence. As his reputation grows, so do the costs of his compromises, and his most celebrated “success” reveals itself as a turning point he cannot undo. In J. F. Powers’s sharply observed, darkly comic style, the novel explores ambition, institutional power, and the uneasy distance between performance and conviction.
Available Editions
paperback
New York Review Books
Published Jan 1, 2000
336 pages
ISBN: 9780940322233
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Details
First Published
1962
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Morte D'Urban by J.F. Powers.