| As boisterous and tender as a fistfight atan Irish family reunion, this grippingnovel confronts industrialist father andpriest son in a generational conflictabout family loyalty, conscience, andthe choice that each must make be-tween love and power. The father, millionaire E B. Kinsella,has ridden the star of an accidentaltortune found on the eve of the Depres-sion, by making deals with God andeveryone else and has never ques-tioned his right to both. The son, University of Notre DamePresident Thomas Kinsella, a genera-tion away from the father in ideals andcalling, is forced to make an agonizingchoice: will Thomas choose human lovefrom actress Maria Moore or the Cardi-nal s hat that goes with the Vatican soffer to become the new Archbishop ofChicago? |
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