The Priest (Supernatural Minnesota #3) by Thomas M. Disch

'A good horror novel must be about morality' says Stephen King - THE PRIEST is the morality tale to beat them all - original, mortifying, spine-chilling; a real hair shirt of a novel . . . 
                   TO
Father Bryce is the pastor of St Bernadine's, Minneapolis, a man with a fatal flaw. That flaw opens up a world of horrors he had never imagined existed, but which he has always dreaded, for it heralds his entry into a very personal hell.
                 HELL
There are many sins committed by the priesthood and Father Bryce knows he is not alone in his fondness for angelic altar boys, but the biggest sin of all is hypocrisy and his recent tv appearances, on behalf of the emotional blackmailers that call themselves anti-abortionists, have alerted some of his past conquests to that fact. And now they are no longer little boys they are willing and able to take their revenge.
                    AND
Blackmail is an art that promises vengeance and the first step on Father Bryce's descent into hell is a trip to a diabolical tattoo parlour where he is forced to have the mark of Satan indelibly printed upon his chest. The second finds him waking from a faint on the floor of a medieval torture chamber from which there is no escape...
                    BACK
From then on the terrors multiply - for Father Bryce; for the young girls locked in cells to await the births of their unwanted children; for Silvanus the 13th century Bishop of Roquefort who finds himself thrust into the age of the Antichrist to confront the devilish TRINITRON. There will be no end to the horrors these sinners have inflicted upon themselves until they meet their maker.

THE PRIEST - a nasty, extremely unsettling, thought-provoking novel that lingers in the memory long after the last page is turned. A salutary lesson for all of us who live happily in the conviction that we live in a secular age . . .

Genres: Horror - Fantasy - Science Fiction - Gothic - Time Travel - Thriller - Religion
Condition: Good
Published: 1994 by Millennium
Pages: 310
ISBN: 1857980905
Weight: 625g