The Greatest Books: Written by J. F. Powers

J. F. Powers

Nationality: American
Description: James Farl Powers (July 8, 1917 – June 12, 1999) was an American novelist and short-story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of Catholic priests in the Midwest. Although not a priest himself, he is known for having captured a "clerical idiom" in postwar North America.
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Gender: Male

The best books of all time by J. F. Powers

1918 . Morte D'Urban by J. F. Powers

The hero of J.F. Powers's comic masterpiece is Father Urban, a man of the cloth who is also a man of the world. Charming, with an expansive vision of the spiritual life and a high tolerance for mor...

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