The Office of Innocence

The Office of Innocence

by ThomasKeneally (Author)

Synopsis

Sydney, 1942, and in a nation threatened by a Japanese invasion, with husbands absent and sleek GIs present, a spirit of recklessness takes hold. Frank Darragh, an impressionable young priest, finds the line between saving others' souls and losing his own begins to blur as he becomes entangled with an attractive married woman, a menage a trois, and a charismatic American sergeant.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 28 Apr 2003

ISBN 10: 0340624760
ISBN 13: 9780340624760
Book Overview: Keneally at his powerful best, with the gripping tale of a priest and a serial killer in World War II Australia.

Media Reviews
The gripping work of an author at the height of his powers * The Times *
An immensely subtle study of the bad fit between moral systems and real life * The Sunday Times *
[Its] great strengths lie in its evocation of Australia at a particularly turbid period of its history, and in its characterisation of ordinary people faced with extraordinary dilemmas. * Daily Telegraph *
Superbly crafted . . . he effortlessly interweaves many of life's bigger dilemmas: the conflicts between love and duty; innocence and experience; conscience and courage. This is a thought-provoking and engrossing novel. * Sunday Express *
Meticulous, exact and beautifully written . . . Keneally has the ability to evoke an entire character, even an entire philosophy, in one sentence. * Literary Review *
An excellent novel . . . It is good on the Catholic Church, and on the ambiguous boundary between priest and confessor. It is also elegant, economical and extremely funny. * Financial Times *
Author Bio
Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novels are The Daughters Of Mars, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2013, and Shame and the Captives. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.