Office of Innocence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400030958)

Marshalling the vast powers of narrative and historical re-creation that he brought to his international bestseller Schindler's List, Thomas Keneally has created a moving and provocative novel about a headstrong young Catholic priest in World War II Australia. As Sydney braces itself for a Japanese invasion, Father Frank Darragh finds his pastoral duties becoming increasingly challenging. How should he counsel an AWOL black American soldier who may face death for his involvement with a white woman? And what should he say to another woman--the distressingly beguiling Kate Heggarty--who impresses him with her virtue even as she edges toward sin?

When Kate is found murdered, Darragh falls under suspicion. And even if the police clear him, his superiors--and his own conscience--may not. Office of Innocence is a book that's impossible to put down, dense with moral complexity and alive with period detail.

Author: Thomas Keneally
ISBN-10: 1400030951
ISBN-13: 9781400030958
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 06/08/2004
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.26w x 0.73d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 06/27/2004 pg. 20