A guest at the feast essays Essays. Selections Tóibín, Colm 1955- creator author. text biography essay autobiographies (literary genre) travelog (performed works genre) Autobiographies Biographies Book reviews Essays Travel writing Autobiographies. Biographies. Essays. Travel writing. Book reviews. Autobiographies. Biographies. Récits de voyages. Comptes rendus de livres. nyu 2023 2023 First Scribner hardcover edition. monographic eng print x, 323 pages ; 22 cm "From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature"-- Part one. Cancer: My part in its downfall -- A guest at the feast -- A brush with the law -- Part two. The paradoxical pope -- Among the flutterers -- The Bergoglio smile: Pope Francis -- The Ferns report -- Part three. Putting religion in its place: Marilynne Robinson -- Issues of truth and invention: Francis Stuart -- Snail slow: John McGahern -- Epilogue. Alone in Venice. adult Colm Tóibín. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. e-ie--- e-uk-en e-it--- Authors, Irish 21st century Biography Ireland Social life and customs Cancer Patients England London Biography Homosexuality Religious aspects Christianity Popes Biography Religion in literature Travel writing Venice (Italy) Tóibín, Colm 1955- Écrivains irlandais 21e siècle Irlande Mœurs et coutumes Personnes atteintes de cancer Angleterre Londres Homosexualité Aspect religieux Christianisme Papes Religion dans la littérature Voyage Art d'écrire Écrivains irlandais 21e siècle Biographies Papes Biographies popes LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures Tóibín, Colm 1955- Authors, Irish Cancer Patients Homosexuality Religious aspects Christianity Manners and customs Popes Religion in literature Travel writing England London Ireland Italy Venice Monosexuality Sexual orientation 2000-2099 fast PR6070.O455 A6 2023 824/.914 Guest at the feast Tóibín, Colm, 1955- New York : Scribner, [2023] First Scribner hardcover edition. (OCoLC)1361697247 9781476785202 1476785201 9781476785226 2022465741 YDX 230403 20250828163604.6 in00005661792 eng