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In this strange, hypnotic novel, Chris McCool, the dandyish, debonair playboy of a small and insulated community called The Happy Club, reflects his two lives: the one he lives, and the darker one he's tried hard to forget. The illegitimate son of a rich Protestant landowner's wife and a poor Catholic farmer, Chris wanted to be a sixties swinger--driving a Ford Cortina, owning a pair of purple velvet flares--but, despite his good intentions, could not overcome the mysteries and regrets of his own upbringing.With a series of Freudian flourishes, McCabe gives us a narrator whose own insecurities, and most importantly his obsession with a young Catholic Nigerian boy named Marcus Otoyo, prevent him from seeing the truth of what he is capable of. Are Chris'inner struggles with his parentage and religion merely personal quests--or do they mask an angrier, more dangerous person beneath?Tense, artful, and eerily compelling, The Holy City is a novel of faith, anxiety, and dark secrets, with a stunning and brilliant conclusion.

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Author

PATRICK MCCABE

Publisher

St Martins Pr; Brand: Bloomsbury USA; Bloomsbury USA

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781608191604

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.12 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14