Happy Are the Oppressed
- Published
- 1 January 1996
- Pages
- 247
- ISBN-13
- 9780515119213
- Type
- novel
About this book
Happy Are the Oppressed is the 8th book in the Blackie Ryan series, written by Andrew M. Greeley, published in 1996 at 247 pages. It sits between Happy Are Those Who Mourn and White Smoke in the reading order.
Key facts about Happy Are the Oppressed
Happy Are the Oppressed is a novel by Andrew M. Greeley. Readers have had it since 1996. It runs to 247 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Happy Are the Oppressed. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780515119213 to find the main one.
Happy Are the Oppressed is book 8 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 Oppressed is book 8 in the Blackie Ryan series. It follows Happy Are Those Who Mourn. It is followed by White Smoke. 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 9780515119213