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 Turbulent Priests - Colin Bateman
 Turbulent Priests - Colin Bateman ... off the coast of Ireland. Back together with his wife Patricia and the baby -- Little Stevie -- that resulted from her affair, Dan accepts a curious commission from Cardinal Daley to investigate the tiny island of Wrathlin, where the inhabitants appear to believe that the new Messiah has been born. The child in question turns out to be a girl called Christine, and the local population has become as defensive and generally crazy as the cast of The Crucible. At first it's just funny for Dan and Trish, but fairly soon the mood turns very much darker. Packed with Bateman's trademarket mixture of jokes, shocks and tenderness, Turbulent Priests is his best novel yet.Newest Review: ... character Dan Starkey appears in some other books written by Colin Bateman. The story is centred around a quiet yet very ... more ... beautiful Irish Island which actually exists and is called Raithlin, but in the book the Island is referred to as Wraithlin, hardly a brilliant cover up!
Dan Sharkey has heard some gossip, whether it has any foundation is anyone's guess! But Dan is dark, mean, keen and extremely quick witted and just loves a challenge. Eventually Dan is offered a job by the Catholic Primate of All Ireland to set off and investigate whether these rumours are true.
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Turbulent Priests - Colin Bateman: The Second Coming (677 words)
by - written on 10/02/09 (Very useful, 80 readings)
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The Daily Telegraph listed the northern Irish author Colin Bateman among their top 50 crime writers. Colin has written books for both adults and children alike. The main character of the `Turbulent Priests` is a guy called Dan Sharkey, who appears on more than one of his books. Dan is a fictitious Belfast journalist who is a child in the guise of a man. Dan has an interesting philosophy on life, he loves to be wicked and above all he loves a good drink, if not `needs` a good drink! This book was my first experience of Colin Batemans literary style and it wont be my last. I have to say that I came by the book courtesy of the British Heart Foundation for ... Read the complete review
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