Why Join?

  • Add New Books

  • Write a Review

  • Backpack Reading Lists

  • Monthly Newsletter

Join Now

There Was an Ancient House

There Was an Ancient House

Author(s): Benedict Kiely

Location(s): County Laois

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Earlier 20th Century

Within the walls of the ancient house, thirty novices try hard to conform to the religious life. Frawley, boisterous and unconventional; Barragry, the cynical journalist who has left behind a full life and a good woman; MacKenna, sensitive and literary, guarding a frightening secret which he dreads revealing to the Fathers – each must answer that overwhelming question: ‘Why the hell am I here?’

Review this Book

To review this book, please

Log in