Ascent Into Hell
- Published
- 1 January 1983
- Pages
- 371
- ISBN-13
- 9780446349499
- Type
- novel
About this book
The trilogy's second book, published in 1983, runs 371 pages -- twenty pages longer than its predecessor -- and follows a cardinal's rise through Church politics.
Key facts about Ascent Into Hell
Andrew M. Greeley wrote Ascent Into Hell, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1983. The book has 371 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780446349499 to find the main one.
Ascent Into Hell is book 2 of 3 in the Passover Trilogy series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Thy Brother's Wife (1982).
Additionally, Andrew M. Greeley writes Blackie Ryan, Time Between the Stars and Angel Fire, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our contemporary fiction, mystery and contemporary fantasy shelves.
About Andrew M. Greeley
Andrew M. Greeley (1928-2013) was a Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and one of the best-selling novelists of his era, publishing more than fifty novels alongside a parallel academic career studying American Catholicism. See every Andrew M. Greeley book in order.
Its place in Passover Trilogy
Ascent Into Hell is book 2 in the Passover Trilogy series. It follows Thy Brother's Wife. It is followed by Lord of the Dance. See the full Passover Trilogy reading order.
Andrew Greeley's first trilogy of novels, and among his earliest fiction, following Irish Catholic families across generations through crises of faith, ambition, and desire -- a young priest's temptation by his brother's wife in Thy Brother's Wife, a cardinal's rise through Church politics in Ascent Into Hell, and a further generational turn in Lord of the Dance. The trilogy set the template Greeley would return to across his fiction career: sharply observed Chicago Irish Catholicism, frank treatment of sexuality…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780446349499