Via Negativa: A novel

Synopsis

"A beautiful and meditative exploration of shattered faith." —Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing HalfA heartfelt, daring, divinely hilarious debut novel about a priest who embarks on a fateful journey with a pistol in his pocket and an injured coyote in his backseat.Father Dan is homeless. Dismissed by his conservative diocese for eccentricity and insubordination, he&’s made his exile into a kind of pilgrimage, transforming his Toyota Camry into a mobile monk&’s cell. Like the ascetic religious philosophers he idolizes, he intends to spend his trip in peaceful contemplation. But then he sees a minivan sideswipe a coyote. Unable to suppress his Franciscan impulses, he takes the wild animal in, wrapping its broken leg with an old T-shirt and feeding it Spam with a plastic spoon.With his unexpected canine companion in the backseat, Dan makes his way west, encountering other offbeat travelers and stopping to take in the occasional roadside novelty (MARTIN&’S HOLE TO HELL, WORLD-FAMOUS BOTTOMLESS PIT NEXT EXIT!). But the coyote is far from the only oddity fate has delivered into this churchless priest&’s care: it has also given him a bone-handled pistol, a box of bullets, and a letter from his estranged friend Paul—a summons of sorts, pulling him forward.By the time Dan gets to where he&’s going, he&’ll be forced to reckon once and for all with the great mistakes of his past, and he will have to decide: is penance better paid with revenge, or with redemption?

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

256 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780525658481

Related ISBNs:

9780525658474

Publisher:

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Date of Addition:

07/21/21

Copyrighted By:

Daniel Hornsby

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Animals, Literature and Fiction, Humor

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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