A Matter of Faith

This is a comprehensive and searching study of the fiction of Brian Moore, which brings a marked and subtle intelligence to bear upon the crux of faith in Moore's writing, linking this question to a feature of the work which has not hitherto been given much attention, the craft of the fiction. In this treatment Moore emerges as a careful and conscious artist deeply engaged in a prolonged exploration of the crisis of faith in twentieth century life and action. -- Robert Welch^LEditor of ^IThe Oxford Companion to Irish Literature^R Sullivan's study of Moore...is a mature and thorough work, marked by its clarity, critical rigor and solid scholarship. {It} is theoretically sophisticated without being pretentious. -- Thomas Staley^LDirector of the Harry Ranson Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin This study by Robert Sullivan of Brian Moore has been long awaited and eagerly expected. It is a definitive account of a major Irish author, remarkable both for its detail and its lucidity. Those already acquainted with the novels of Brian Moore will find Dr. Sullivan's study redolent with fresh insights, and those who come to Moore for the first time will find it a helpful introduction. -- Professor Philip Hobsbaum^LUniversity of Glasgow

This is the most extensive account of Moore's fiction to date that considers his many works from the early stories to the recent novel, No Other Life.

This is the most extensive account of Moore's fiction to date that considers his many works from the early stories to the recent novel, No Other Life. Moore, who was born in Ireland but is a Canadian citizen and resides predominantly in the United States, has earned an international reputation as an important novelist. This book sets out to demonstrate a discernible pattern of concerns that cut across Moore's fictive output over the last 40 years. It argues that the concerns of love and faith (and the interplay between them) form the backbone of Moore's oeuvre. Sullivan draws from interviews with Moore and presents a study that convincingly demonstrates how Moore's fictions, from first to last, take their place in a larger thematic and formal masternarrative.