Passover Trilogy · Book 1
Thy Brother's Wife
- Published
- 1 January 1982
- Pages
- 350
- ISBN-13
- 9780446340359
- Type
- novel
About this book
Thy Brother's Wife opened Andrew Greeley's first trilogy in 1982, among his earliest published fiction, at 350 pages -- a young priest's temptation by his brother's wife sets in motion the multigenerational Irish Catholic story that follows.
Its place in Passover Trilogy
Thy Brother's Wife is book 1 in the Passover Trilogy series. It is followed by 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 9780446340359