The Beast of Bethulia Park

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Then get down to the Campbell Room of St John's Church, Standishgate, Wigan, on Friday June 9 where from 7pm I'll be speaking for 45 minutes about 'the 21st century Catholic novel' - and a bit about my own debut novel, The Beast of Bethulia Park ( https://amzn. But there is also a bit of fun and light, here — what story about a Liverpudlian priest could be complete without references to the Beatles, Blackpool and a day at the horse races, after all? The young hospital chaplain struggles to master his desire for something more than friendship with Emerald, the nurse aiding his crusade for truth alongside Jenny. The first-person narrator, whom we later discover is a young and attractive journalist, Jenny Bradshaigh, gives her first impressions of the handsome young doctor: “He strolled in and owned the room. It is a humanising portrait of a genuinely devout individual trying, and largely succeeding, in living up to his religious principles surrounding sex and relationships, a tale that few English novels published this side of the sexual revolution have told well.

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While vigorous debate is welcome and encouraged, please note that in the interest of maintaining a civilized and helpful level of discussion, comments containing obscene language or personal attacks—or those that are deemed by the editors to be needlessly combative or inflammatory—will not be published. At times his handling of the characters and the transitions between scenes feels a bit clumsy, but those are minor criticisms. For those who would rather spare themselves, part of it is an aggressively crude and homosexually explicit parody of the Lord’s Prayer, which for two millennia has united Christians all over the world irrespective of whatever Church, communion or community they belong to. Then get down to the Campbell Room of St John's Church, Standishgate, Wigan WN1 1XD, tonight where from 7pm I'll be speaking for 45 minutes about 'the 21st century Catholic novel'. A priest would be immediately suspended by his superiors amid mutterings of diabolical possession; he might have his collar felt by police on suspicion of grooming children for under-age homoerotic sexual activity.

Caldwell wisely resists the temptation to tidily package up and dispense with that tension in the first half of the novel. He becomes sexually obsessed with the mysterious and beautiful Emerald and his fidelity to his priestly vocation hangs in the balance.

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Keep in mind that essays represent the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Imaginative Conservative or its editor or publisher. This novel aptly summarises the grisly reality of euthanasia beyond public debates about “compassion” and “dignity”. Pic of Wigan Pier, which features in The Beast of Bethulia Park, along with Trencherfield Mill in the background, the residence of Emerald Essien, the mysterious and beautiful nurse at war with the evil Dr Klein.Baines visits the Tyburn Tree at London’s Marble Arch where “more than a hundred Catholic men and women died as martyrs between 1535 and 1681. Her deeply traumatic past and thirst for vigilante justice aside, Emerald is the closest thing the novel has to a stand-in character for a general audience.

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imagine if a priest or a teacher in a church school had altered the prayer in the outrageous and blasphemous way that Simon James Green has done.Journalist Simon Caldwell’s debut novel The Beast of Bethulia Park might just be the most believable thriller on our shelves this year. In an Orwellian sense, we’re living in a world in which Big Brother has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Beyond a portrayal of contemporary Britain shot through with literary and historical references, Caldwell manages to depict the moral world in which Catholics and non-Catholics find themselves. Will you help us remain a refreshing oasis in the increasingly contentious arena of modern discourse?

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The Beast of Bethulia Park is a gripping psychological novel with Catholic themes but is also a wonderful thriller in its own right. Parents would demand the suspension and sackings of any teachers and governors who had permitted this. The charity dinner will be a lavish affair, with an evening of inspirational talks from esteemed international and national speakers, entertainment, as well as a three course meal.Calvin Baines is a young, earnest, and naïve priest who becomes embroiled in a quest, together with nurse, Emerald Essien, and journalist, Jenny Bradshaigh, to unmask a prominent and powerful doctor, Dr.