The Colour of Blood
OCLC 18192603 | | |
Preceded by | Black Robe (1985) | |
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Followed by | Lies of Silence (1990) |
The Colour of Blood, published in 1987, is a
Description
Clancy Sigal, writing in The New York Times, described the novel as a study of faith under pressure: "Almost in thriller form, it is also a wise and illuminating meditation on the labyrinthine forces at work in a Roman Catholic Communist country like Poland (where Mr. Moore served with a United Nations relief group after the war)."[2]
According to critic Jo O'Donoghue, The Colour of Blood deals with the problem of how the modern Catholic Church "is to live in tandem with the secular authority".[3]
In her biography of Moore, Patricia Craig describes The Colour of Blood as a protest against intolerance, "with fanatical Catholicism presented as a destructive force. At the same time the Cardinal himself stands for another kind of Catholicism: moderate and incorruptible, and not unaccommodating of theological uncertainties".[4]
Awards
It won the
References
- ^ "Brian Moore, 1921–99: Cool prose craftsman". Socialism Today (36). March 1999.
- ^ Clancy Sigal (27 September 1987). "Cardinal Bem on the run". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ISBN 0-7735-0850-3.
- ISBN 0-7475-6844-8.
- ^ "The Colour of Blood". The Man Booker Prizes. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
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