Abram Singer is a Catholic priest with an unusual name and a dark secret. Against the backdrop of gritty 1970s New York, in a simple, straightforward style, he tells us his story. The son of an absent Jewish father and a devout Italian mother, Abram was drawn to the meaningful structure of the seminary, eventually becoming a parish priest in Manhattan. His sincerest wish is to do God's work, but he is not without human failings: he is irresistibly attracted to women and has a secret lover named Lisa. But when an anonymous letter arrives threatening to expose his liaison, he is forced to decide whether the risks of his sin have become too great. Riveting and powerfully intimate, Unworthy unflinchingly explores the nature of faith, loyalty, and identity--and gives us a timeless portrait of a man trying to make his way in America's greatest city.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0385542941
ISBN13:9780385542944
Release Date:May 2018
Publisher:Nan A. Talese
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 4.6" x 7.4"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Disappointing
Published by Lenny Granger , 5 years ago
This novel disappointed me in two important regards. First, the structure was unclear, merely meanderings with only vague groundings in time. The narrative did not begin to develop a direction until half-way through. There was simply a great deal of disparaging of the narrator for his many failings. I feel that the issue could be resolved by his finding a different version of Christianity to minister for. It's similar to the conflict in the play The Christians, in which the crux of the matter could be relatively easily resolved by the hero's simply changing his church to one more liberal and compassionate than his present evangelical one. My second issue with "Unworthy" is the lack of development in the hero's character, something that seems critical for such a confessional sort of fiction.
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