The publication of
J.
F. Powers' first novel
is justly described as a literary event
"Powers has done something quite remarkable:
he has revived the satire
of the Great Age - from Erasmus to Swift, let's say, reverting to tradition
- within a ,modem context of style and attitude ... Crisp, bitter, hilarious
throughout,
[Morte D'Urban]
may
be
a great work of art. What is more
to the point in a book review, it is likely to be a popular work
of
art–
something touching a large, tender area of the general conscience, , ,"
- Hayden Carruth,
The New Republic
"Original, funny, ironic, and wryly moving .
..
Father Urban,
in
his
·tri–
umphs and humilhitions, and this first novel, of which he
is
the hero, are
wondeifully complete creations, ..
1.
F. Powers is not selling anything or
arguing or attacking ,or defending. The book is; Urban is; they embody
completely what Powers has to say. This is the way the world
is -
only
funnier."- Lucy Johnson,
The Progressive
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