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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Scribner JAN-MARCH 2004
Glen Duncan Weathercock Pbk published January 2004 by Scribner at £6.99 ISBN: 0743220153


>This is the confession of Dominic Francis Hood - Roman Catholic, sadist, conspirator to murder, witness to a miracle
Dominic's childhood was not unusual: hemmed with familial love and the magic of Faith, it was also shot through with a growing curiosity and libido. But with age, the fabric of his psyche begins to tear
To his surprise, he finds himself taking pleasure in the idea of other people's pain. To his consternation, he finds that the idea alone will never be enough. As his struggle intensifies and his faith dulls, Dominic is drawn to put his imagination - and his fundamental beliefs - to the supreme test.
In this gripping odyssey Dominic is surrounded by an extraordinary cast of characters all in search of an answer-to the problem of human evil: Father Ignatius Malone, renegade priest and globetrotting exorcist; Deborah Black, arch sadist and Dominic's partner in crime; Kelp, his best friend and occasional clairvoyant; Natalie Lamb, fiancée and gift from God.
Weathercock reinvents the great novel of moral inquiry By turns hilarious, appalling, celebratory and sad, it is an investigation of profound temptations and those human weapons - sometimes formidable, sometimes frail – we bring to bear against them.
'One of the hottest literary properties of the new century' Independent On Sunday

Glen Duncan is the acclaimed author I, Lucifer, Love Remains and Hope. He has been named by the TLS as one of its best Young British Novelists.
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