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CRUSADERS Crusaders tells of young Anglican priest John Gore as he ventures to England's post-industrial North-East to 'plant' a new church in a deprived ward of Newcastle. There, he enters into fraught relationships with three formidable people: Stevie Coulson, muscle-bound local hero, hard-man and businessman; Martin Pallister, a smart and ambitious Labour MP, and Lindy Clark, a resourceful and attractive single mother. These relationships first abet and then threaten Gore' s mission, drawing him into a moral crisis. |
'A magnificent state-of-the-nation epic.' 'Calls to mind contemporary American giants Roth and Mailer.' Independent 'A powerful, assured literary arrival that will create loyal congregations of
devoted followers... darkly humorous... reaches a thrilling crescendo.' 'A Dostoyevskian doorstopper... with an almost Tolstoyan seriousness of PUBLISHERS UK – Faber & Faber |
