The Good Priest's Son : A Novel (Paperback)

from taligirl

Boring. One of a handful of books I didn't finish.

from delphimo

I realize that many consider Reynolds Price to be a good writer. He has wonderful themes, but his style of writing goes nowhere. I felt I was reading a lifeless textbook. The sentences are long and the reader loses momentum, as well as knowledge of the story line. The main character did not inspi...

from mbergman

This book, like other books by Price, one of my favorite authors, displays a keen sense of place in both North Carolina & New York City and a keen sense of intergenerational family dynamics--and religious faith and doubt. The story is set in the wake of 9/11/2001--it takes place beginning on that...