Picked up this latest Giller winner in hardback for $2.00 at the Book Drive.Picked up this latest Giller winner in hardback for $2.00 at the Book Drive.This book was the winner of the 2009 Giller Prize (a canadian literature award) which often scares me off but I'm so glad I took a chance. You only see him soaring. I don’t usually have a problem with a plot unfolding in a nonlinear fashion, but MacIntyre kind of went overboard with it here so I’m downgrading to three stars instead of four.I admit that because of the subject matter (sexual abuse within the Church)I was not comfortable to read The Bishop's Man, but after reading other reviews on goodreads I figured I would give it a shot.I admit that because of the subject matter (sexual abuse within the Church)I was not comfortable to read The Bishop's Man, but after reading other reviews on goodreads I figured I would give it a shot.This book would have gotten 4 stars if the storyline was changed to be linear, or possibly if I was able to read it in one sitting.
But he does not yet know that his already strained faith is about to be tested by his interactions with a troubled boy, 18-year-old DannyThe year is 1993 and Father Duncan MacAskill stands at a small Cape Breton fishing harbour a few miles from where he grew up. He feels no need to rush the story, as he slowly introduces us to the characters and the situation that slowly suffocates the personal life of Father Duncan MacAskill. Generally, however, it is a well-crafted, brave, and painful examination of one of the most monstrous issues of our time.All content copyright Quill & Quire — Quill & Quire is a registered trademark of St. Joseph Media. The jumping from past to present got annoying really quickly, but I don't think it took away from the story at all. More than the weather seems morose in this book: our hero, Duncan, has apparently been stuck in survivor's guilt mode for nigh on 20 years. The Bishop's Man (The Cape Breton Trilogy #2) by Linden MacIntyre. At times, the plot is convoluted and the back-and-forth chronology gets rather tiresome. The last A topical story for our times told by an insider, Fr. "About purposes", I said.
I don't know why but from the first page I was so comfortable reading his prose. Her ...The year is 1993 and Father Duncan MacAskill stands at a small Cape Breton fishing harbour a few miles from where he grew up. "Okay", you said. And only once did MacIntyre's voice intrude on my reading. The main character, a sympathetic priest who only wants to do the right thing, is given the assignment of helping to cover up the sexual abuses that are increasingly coming to light. The subject matter is disturbing but the author handles with perfection, never getThis book was the winner of the 2009 Giller Prize (a canadian literature award) which often scares me off but I'm so glad I took a chance. Nothing in here was black or white, and the story continued to raise questions throughout. It cuts to an English church with a choir singing. The middle dragged on and became repetitive. The subject matter is disturbing but the author handles with perfection, never getting into the sorid details, leaving that for one's imagination. Or sitting high up, somewhere out of reach. I didn't find the plot "engrossing [with] the page-turning energy of a thriller", but I found it a thought-provoking read and Father Duncan McAskill a character with whom I could empathize.I liked it, but I didn't love it. The relaxed pace of MacIntyre's prose matches the setting of the novel - a boating community coast of Nova Scotia. It felt self-consciously oblique to me. I enjoyed - yes, genuinely enjoyed reading this book much, much more than I'd anticipated. We are betrayed by the men who covered up their crimes and moved these men around time and again to endanger even more children. Long past the time that the book won the prize, I've finally read it, and am glad I did.Be thee fair warned, I'm going to talk about the ending first, so spoilers and all that:Be thee fair warned, I'm going to talk about the ending first, so spoilers and all that:The relaxed pace of MacIntyre's prose matches the setting of the novel - a boating community coast of Nova Scotia. His suspicions, and discomfort, increases. Excellent on so many levels. Being Catholic myself, I was particularily struck by the view point of the main character, Father Duncan. The story jumped around so much, between 3 or 4 different time periods in the protagonist's life, that I was constantly wondering where I was in his story. This book tells the story of so many who are touched in so many ways by what has gone on for too long.This book was a chore to read.
His subsequent investigation takes him on a sordid and surprising path.This novel is not perfect. But his own guilt about what he has been part of grows over the years, pushing him into alcoholism to escape it, and the suicide of an abused young man in his parish ultimately overcomes his institutional commitment as a priest, and spurs his rebirth as a full human being. But it was an interesting and unusual perspective on child molestation and the Catholic church, and it never got sordid, so points for that.I wasn't sure I wanted to read this book. He never lets us see him scavenging. I was expecting a straight narrative about sexual abuse in one church or community. "Or about having no purposes", I said.
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