Hail Mary CornerDundurn, 16 paź 2001 - 209 Taut, compelling, and remarkably assured, Hail Mary Corner thrusts readers into unfamiliar territory past an emotional frontier we all must cross: the uncertain ground between adolescence and adulthood. High on a cliff above a pulp-mill town on Vancouver Island, sixteen-year-old Bill MacAvoy and his friends lead cloistered lives while other boys their age run free. it may be the fall of 1982, but inside the walls of their Benedictine seminary they inhabit a medieval world steeped in ritual and discipline--a place where blackrobed monks move like shadows between doubt and faith. Isolated from the outside, Bill and his friends develop a unique and often hilarious culture. Schooled in the virtues of sacrifice and service, they instead learn to challenge, resist, and wield power over one another's lives. On the road to certain expulsion, Bill discovers two secrets: one concerns Brother Thomas, the monk who watches his every move; the other involves his best friend, Jon. In Bill's hands these secrets prove dangerous weapons. Handled carelessly, they trigger an event that threatens to haunt him for the rest of his life. |
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... door to the Cave opened on a long , narrow hallway that led to a dimly lit office with about two thousand books covering grey stone walls . Only half of the titles were in English . Everything was neat , dusted , and in its place . The ...
... door . " Join your confreres , but understand , you won't be indulged any longer . You're a young man . Being a man means having to make decisions . I'll pray for you . Please pray for me . " At 12:07 a.m. the sound of a distant splash ...
... doors and pushed the handle down . It was locked . He marched to the side entrance and found that door locked , too . We all stared , waiting to see what he'd do next . Red - faced and fuming , Brother Thomas marched the frog past us ...
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