{"product_id":"father-flanagan-laments-a-satirical-novel-9781478775942","title":"Father Flanagan Laments: A Satirical Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e Father Flanagan Laments: A Satirical Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFather Flanagan Laments, a Rabelaisian satire of religious and sexual mores, follows the hilarious struggles of an all-too-human man of the cloth as he grapples with his inner demons and the hypocrisies of church and community. He is sustained, through all his many moral failures and struggles, by his absolute belief in a future where he sits through eternity at God's feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenny Goetz's writing has been compared to that of Joseph Heller, Evelyn Waugh, Lenny Bruce, and John Kennedy Toole, and it would serve readers well to approach his novel with a healthy impatience with hypocrisy, a well-developed sense of humor, and an appreciation of the contrary forces tugging at Flanagan. \u003cem\u003eFather Flanagan Laments\u003c\/em\u003e finds humor in the disparities between church teachings and social reality. Read this lampoon. You too will finally laugh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denny Goetz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478775942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/03\/2017\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Outskirts Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45199465807987,"sku":"9781478775942","price":25.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ab93b614-ce2a-4821-99b1-b99a92e32ce2.jpg?v=1783598350","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/father-flanagan-laments-a-satirical-novel-9781478775942","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}