Men and Brethren

by James Gould Cozzens

Book Overview

The Reverend Ernest Cudlipp, almost 45, urbane and intelligent, is vicar of a prominent Fifth Avenue church in New York. Men and Brethren follows him through a singularly eventful summer weekend, his dealings with parishioners and friends, his professional and personal relationships. His solutions to the problems he confronts are characteristically forthright, often unorthodox, a product of the struggle between his beliefs and his experience. Mr...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929587081
• ISBN13: 9780929587080
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

one busy summer weekend

....One busy summer weekend at his Manhattan Episcopal church the Rev. Ernest Cudlipp is forced to deal with urgent pressures of a multitude of unrelated episodes. We see the workings of a church as Cudlipp deals with abortion,suicide, natural death etc. Cudlipp takes responsibility for his actions-displaying the qualities of a sensible,practical, and experienced man with a keen sense of duty. He considers resignation when he is slowed by his clerical superior, Doctor Lamb, and the awareness of powerful church politics. Cudlipp is the hero one expects from Cozzen. First published in 1936 this intellectually exciting novel remains contemporary-a conflict of ideas and solutions.The contents of this attractive and affordable paperback reprint compares favorably to the writing quality of Cozzen's Guard of Honor and By Love Possessed.