Happy Are the Clean of Heart
- Published
- 1 January 1986
- Pages
- 268
- ISBN-13
- 9780356147505
- Type
- novel
About this book
Happy Are the Clean of Heart is the 2nd book in the Blackie Ryan series, written by Andrew M. Greeley, published in 1986 at 268 pages. It sits between Happy Are the Meek and Happy Are Those Who Thirst for Justice in the reading order.
Key facts about Happy Are the Clean of Heart
Andrew M. Greeley wrote Happy Are the Clean of Heart, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1986. The book has 268 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780356147505 to find the main one.
Happy Are the Clean of Heart is book 2 of 18 in the Blackie Ryan series. The series has 18 published books. However, the series starts with Happy Are the Meek (1985).
Additionally, Andrew M. Greeley writes Passover Trilogy, 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 Blackie Ryan
Happy Are the Clean of Heart is book 2 in the Blackie Ryan series. It follows Happy Are the Meek. It is followed by Happy Are Those Who Thirst for Justice. See the full Blackie Ryan reading order.
Father John "Blackie" Ryan is a deceptively mild, owlishly bespectacled Chicago priest -- rector of a cathedral parish, later an auxiliary bishop and archbishop -- who solves murders among Chicago's Irish Catholic elite with a quiet, observational cunning that his unassuming manner tends to hide from suspects and colleagues alike. Andrew Greeley wrote eighteen Blackie Ryan novels over more than two decades, moving the character up through the Church hierarchy as the series progressed -- the earlier books use the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780356147505