Forgive Us Our Trespasses is a homily in the form of a novel about a boy who makes his way in the world alone. It tells of the conversion of an embittered young cynic to a belief in the magic power of forgiveness, combined with a touch of mildly mystic communion with an undefined Deity. The narrative covers the ancestral background and the life up to the late twenties of a child born unhappily into a hostile environment and equipped with the soul of a rebel. "What a heavy responsibility," the girl says to the cynical hero, "rests upon the shoulders of the story-writer... Can't you think of some better destination for these people of yours, who are sure to be trailed by a nondescript army of admirers, than this degrading wallow you've planned for them?" To which he replies that he'd "rather draw honest pictures of life as it is, no matter how ugly, than to paint frescoes of the heavenly host."

Book details

• Format Hardcover
• Pages254 pages
• LanguageEnglish
• ISBN10B06XR28285
• ISBN13B06XR28285