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The Last Catholic In America (The Loyola Classics Series)
 

The Last Catholic In America (The Loyola Classics Series)

by John R. Powers

This is Eddie Ryan's world--the intensely Catholic world of Chicago's Seven Holy Tombs neighborhood and St. Bastion's parish in the 1950s. In this classic coming-of-age novel, John Powers draws readers into Eddie Ryan's world with bittersweet humor and deep affection. (read review)

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Theophania
  • Rated 4 stars

“Hilarious but perhaps not for every audience. REALLY devout Catholics might be offended. People without any Catholic knowledge might not get it. But for the rest of us, this is an affectionate and nostalgic (not to mention funny) look at growing up Catholic.”

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