The third book in the hugely popular Lindchester Chronicles series
Catherine Fox was educated at Durham and London Universities and has a degree in English and a PhD in Theology. She is the author of four adult novels, Angels and Men, The Benefits of Passion, Love for the Lost and Unseen Things Above, which explore the themes of the spiritual and the physical with insight and humour. In 2007, Yellow Jersey Press published Fight the Good Fight: From Vicar's Wife to Killing Machine in which Catherine relates her quest to achieve a black belt in Judo. Her first teen fantasy novel, WolfTide, came out in 2013. She teaches at Manchester Metropolitan University and lives in Liverpool, where her husband is dean of the cathedral.
Catherine Fox's glorious Lindchester series is the
twenty-first-century answer to Trollope's Barchester - but Trollope
was never so funny, so fundamentally kind, or so mischievously
attentive to grace.
*Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill on REALMS OF GLORY*
With wit and humour, [Catherine Fox] offers a satirical look at the
Church with the type of affection that only an insider can
manage.
Read this and laugh, weep and empathise with Freddie and the
others. Realms of Glory is my favourite of the Lindchester
Chronicles trilogy, but do read the others first (Acts and
Omissions and Unseen Things Above) to enjoy it at its best. (And,
no, I haven’t been paid by author or publisher to say that.)
*Church Times on REALMS OF GLORY*
What makes Realms of Glory such a delight is the humour, humanity
and the strong characters . . . that come off the page and hang
around in your head . . . This is not safe Christian fiction,
because we don't live in a safe Christian world.
*Christianity magazine*
How likely is this book to be relevant to an area of your ministry?
It won't help you in your sermon preparation, but it will be some
excellent light relief as well as raise a wry smile about the
preoccupations of the dear old CofE, something we can all do
with.
*The Reader*
These books are utterly unputdownable, gossipy, subtle and wise.
What’s astonishing is that despite Catherine Fox’s sharp awareness
of the feet of clay under surplices, she somehow makes you believe
several cheering things that most modern fiction doesn’t: that the
natural world is endlessly beautiful, that most people aspire to
goodness even if they fall flat on their faces, and that the
attempt to live a good life is worthwhile. Kudos to SPCK for being
inspired by Fox’s work to set up a brand new fiction imprint.
*Maggie Gee, novelist & Professor of Creative Writing, Bath Spa
University, on Acts and Omissions and Unseen Things Above*
What a treat it is to have some Fresh Expressions from the diocese
of Lindchester. Catherine Fox’s second helping of bad language, sex
and Evensong is Anglicanism at its best; her wit, compassion and
rueful optimism are irresistible.
*Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church,
University of Oxford, on Unseen Things Above*
If you want to understand the Church of England in the twenty-first
century – not just its official persona but its more elusive inner
character – Catherine Fox is a reliable guide. Her colourful
morality tales spare no one’s blushes, but she writes with accuracy
and affection about an institution to which, despite its flaws, she
is profoundly committed as a witness to faith, hope and love.
Hugely enjoyable.
*Michael Sadgrove, Former Dean of Durham*
[On ACTS AND OMISSIONS]: A delightful portrait of the follies and
foibles in a contemporary Anglican diocese, written with wit,
wisdom and impeccable liberal sympathies.
*Michael Arditti, author and critic*
Catherine Fox writes not merely with affection but with love for an
institution that is creaking under the weight of its own
contradictions . . . The Diocese of Lindchester is full of people
who bless one another, sometimes without realizing it. They blessed
me.’
*The Very Revd Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost, St Mary’s Cathedral,
Glasgow*
A delicious novel: clever, witty and subtle.
*The Baroness Sherlock*
Acts and Omissions is brave and beautiful, devastatingly honest,
mercilessly funny, fundamentally kind.
*Dr Margaret Masson, Vice-Principal, St Chad’s College, Durham*
Brims with wit and heart, acknowledging the awkwardness and
consolations of Anglicanism in the twenty-first century. Hugely
entertaining and highly recommended.
*Richard Beard, author of Lazarus is Dead*
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