Editorial Review:

From Publishers Weekly
Fr. Andrew Greeley (Irish Crystal) crafts this story of a liberal Catholic senator from Illinois who bursts onto the national political stage. Thomas Patrick Moran first attracts attention when he announces his candidacy for a state assembly seat, vowing never to run anything negative about his opponent or ask anyone for a contribution. After his crusade catches fire, the local Democratic machine enlists him to run for the Senate.

That successful campaign is marked by numerous attempts on his life.  While Moran debates some serious political and moral issues with his conservative priest brother, Tony, Greeley's hagiographic portrait of Moran, complete with details of his sex life with his wife, leaves no doubt where the author's sympathies lie.

More Reviews:

“Greeley has hordes of fans who devour his books as fast as he can write them.”--Booklist

“A fascinating novelist…with a rare, possibly unmatched, point of view.”--Los Angeles Times

“Greeley writes with passion and narrative force.”--Chicago Sun-Times

“An expert on the emotions that make us human.”--Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)

“A genuinely fine novelist.”--Associated Press

“A master storyteller.”--The Cincinnati Enquirer

“A genius for plumbing people’s convictions…That and his rich literary imagination make him truly exceptional.”--Cleveland Press

Book Description:
One of America’s most beloved storytellers, Father Andrew Greeley returns with an explosive novel about the corrosive political culture tearing apart America--and one man’s family.
Tommy Moran, an Irish Catholic kid from the West Side of Chicago, fights for the underprivileged on the floor of the United States Senate. Swearing off negative attack ads, Moran is determined to restore civility and compassion to American politics. But his opponents don’t share his scruples. Almost from the beginning, Tommy and his family find themselves besieged by vicious personal attacks, false rumors . . . and attempts at assassination!
As a freshman senator, Tommy must also cope with the temptations--both political and carnal--regularly thrown his way. The job takes its toll on him, but at least he has the support and love of his devoted wife, a daughter of Chicago’s raucous O’Malley family.
But the opposition that hits home the hardest comes from an unlikely source: his own brother.
Father Tony Moran, a conservative Catholic priest, has never approved of Tommy’s senatorial career, much to Tommy’s dismay. So when Father Tony sides with Tommy’s political enemies, it may be more than one man can bear.  Can anything heal the rift between…the Senator and the Priest?

About the Author:
A native of Chicago, Reverend Andrew M. Greeley, is a priest, distinguished sociologist and bestselling author. He is professor of social sciences at the University of Chicago and the University of Arizona, as well as Research Associate at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. His current sociological research focuses on current issues facing the Catholic Church-including celibacy of priests, ordination of women, religious imagination, and sexual behavior of Catholics.

Father Greeley received the S.T.L. in 1954 from St. Mary of Lake Seminary. His graduate work was done at the University of Chicago, where he received the M.A. Degree in 1961 and the Ph.D. in 1962.

Father Greeley has written scores of books and hundreds of popular and scholarly articles on a variety of issues in sociology, education and religion. His column on political, church and social issues is carried by the Chicago Sun Times and many other newspapers. He stimulates discussion of neglected issues and often anticipates sociological trends. He is the author of more than thirty bestselling novels and an autobiography, Furthermore!: Confessions of a Parish Priest.