Angels of September

New York: Warner Books, 1986. BH3 - A first edition (First Printing February 1986 stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition and a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, dust jacket has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9.25"x6.5", 451 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. With the delicacy, compassion, and wisdom with which he has portrayed the passions and frustrations of both the family and the clergy in today's society, Andrew Greeley now writes a powerful love story for and about adults - a love so enduring that it lasts through forty years' separation..so in-domitable that it prevails over the forces of natural catastrophe and demonic possession.This is the story of Anne Reilly and Michael Casey, schoolchildren when they first tasted desire. an experience so overwhelming that neither of them has ever forgotten it. "So frightening that both of them have been running from it ever since. Now in her middle vera, Aphe Sud deniking o beautifiefull ripening of her intense sensuality... a woman for whom the Church has been the source both of her terrible anguish and the strength that holds her together.An explosion rocks Anne's art gal-lery on the eve of a posthumous exhibit of the works of Chicago's no-torious mad priest, Father DesmondKenny. When he comes to investigate, Deputy Superintendent of PoliceMichael Casey finds Anne miracu-lously unhurt but badly shaken. How Are her terrors connected to the diabolical visions in Kenny's paintings?And to the fire that has haunted her all these years". the fire at the Motherof Angels School that claimed ninety of her schoolmates, including her two sisters? Terrifying, inexplicable events con-tinue to assault the Reilly Gallery: the smell of smoke discernible only to Anne. "disturbing phone calls that no one else hears" - changes that she can detect in Kenny's demonic canvas,"Divine Justice," the cornerstone of the exhibit. Is Anne imagining it all? Does she possess an unconscious destructive telekinetic energy? Is some sa-tanic force at work? Is Father Kenny reaching out to her from the other side of the grave? As Anne explores with her psychi-atrist the fears and guilds that have assailed her since childhood, and asMichael enlists the help of Father Blackie Ryan in unraveling the mys-tery that surrounds Anne, AndrewGreeley - priest, sociologist, prolific religious writer, and bestselling au-thor of The Cardinal Sins, Thy Broth-er's Wife, Ascent Into Hell, Lord of theDance, and Virgin and Martyr-spinsa mesmerizing tale of complex and fal-lible human beings trying to find faith and love in our contemporary world, a story as deeply satisfying as love itself.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.