Description
A lonely, middle-aged Catholic teacher, Diarmuid Devine, has built a life of restraint and routine—until a casual cruelty from a colleague shatters his carefully managed sense of self. When he overhears a mocking remark about his sexual inexperience, Dev’s private panic spirals into obsession, forcing him to confront desire, shame, and the rigid expectations that govern his world. Set against the emotional pressures of faith and masculinity, the novel traces how one moment of humiliation can unravel a man’s identity and expose the cost of living behind silence. With Brian Moore’s incisive, psychologically driven style, *The Feast of Lupercal* is a sharp, intimate exploration of loneliness, longing, and the fragile boundary between moral certainty and human need.
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hardcover
McClelland & Stewart
Published Jan 1, 1975
240 pages
ISBN: 9780771064388
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First Published
1957
Language
eng
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