Lord of the Dance
- Published
- 1 January 1984
- Pages
- 401
- ISBN-13
- 9780816137978
- Type
- novel
About this book
Lord of the Dance closed the trilogy in 1984 as its longest volume, at 401 pages, carrying the family saga's themes of faith, ambition, and desire into a further generational turn.
Key facts about Lord of the Dance
Andrew M. Greeley wrote Lord of the Dance, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1984. The book has 401 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780816137978 to find the main one.
Lord of the Dance is book 3 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
Lord of the Dance is book 3 in the Passover Trilogy series. It follows Ascent Into Hell. 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 9780816137978