Happy Are the Merciful
- Published
- 1 January 1992
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN-13
- 9780515107265
- Type
- novel
About this book
Happy Are the Merciful is the 4th entry in Andrew M. Greeley's Blackie Ryan series, published in 1992 at 320 pages. In the reading order it comes after Happy Are Those Who Thirst for Justice and before Happy Are the Peace Makers.
Key facts about Happy Are the Merciful
Andrew M. Greeley wrote Happy Are the Merciful, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1992. The book has 320 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780515107265 to find the main one.
Happy Are the Merciful is book 4 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 Merciful is book 4 in the Blackie Ryan series. It follows Happy Are Those Who Thirst for Justice. It is followed by Happy Are the Peace Makers. 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 9780515107265