Brian O'Doherty

Books on prize lists

• The Deposition of Father McGreevy

  Written in English

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  Booker 2000 · Shortlist

  The Deposition of Father McGreevy

  The Deposition of Father McGreevy

  Brian O'Doherty · 71 when first published

  Novel · 404 pages · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:In the 1950s a London editor returns to his native Kerry to learn why a remote mountain village was abandoned, and finds the deposition of its priest, who watched its women die and its people fall under suspicion.