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Tongues of Flame

(1985)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1986 Betty Trask Prize
1986 Somerset Maugham Award

At 15, Richard Bowen Is A Cool And Articulate Observer Of The Havoc Wreaked When A Wave Of Religious Euphoria Sweeps Through His Father's Well-to-do Suburban Parish. In The Period That Follows The Young Curate Rowlandson's Spectacular Conversion, Strange And Disturbing Events Begin To Happen.


Genre: General Fiction

Praise for this book

"Religion, sex and mania bursting hoof-footed from surburban doors." - Fay Weldon


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