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Morality Play
Morality Play | Barry Unsworth
11 posts | 9 read | 2 reading | 10 to read
Booker Prize Finalist The time is the fourteenth century. The place is a small town in rural England, and the setting a snow-laden winter. A small troupe of actors accompanied by Nicholas Barber, a young renegade priest, prepare to play the drama of their lives. Breaking the longstanding tradition of only performing religious plays, the groups leader, Martin, wants them to enact the murder that is foremost in the townspeoples minds. A young boy has been found dead, and a mute-and-deaf girl has been arrested and stands to be hanged for the murder. As members of the troupe delve deeper into the circumstances of the murder, they find themselves entering a political and class feud that may undo them. Intriguing and suspenseful, Morality Play is an exquisite work that captivates by its power, while opening up the distant past as new to the reader.
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PuddleJumper
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Mehso-so

This was a well written and engaging book. If you enjoy medieval historical novels then this one is worth a read.

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jfount
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Pickpick

This was great; a compact medieval mystery that you could believe is being told and experienced by someone living long before the genre was invented.

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JPeterson
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How about some dark mystery and murder while I wait for the dentist. ☠️

kalinichta I like that cover. Reminds me of Dave McKean's work. 7y
rubyslippersreads One of them is "opening wide" for the dentist, and the other one is showing his teeth. ? (edited) 7y
Libby1 @rubyslippersreads - that is perfect! 🤣 7y
JPeterson @kalinichta The cover is what drew me to pick it up. I'll have to check out Dave McKean's work! 7y
JPeterson @rubyslippersreads 😂😂 Ahh, so true! Perfect! (edited) 7y
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SharonGoforth
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I'm in the middle of a nasty reading slump. I pick up a book, read part of it, then set it aside. Over and over. How to get out of it? Apparently, it is to buy more books. This is my haul from Joseph-Beth yesterday. No justification. It is what it is. Did I feel a little bit better afterwards? Why yes, yes I did! #nosuchthingastoomanybooks #bookhaul #somuchforgroceries

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thereadingtortie
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Just starting it out! Loved the movie! Can't wait to love the book even more! 😁

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llwheeler
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Panpan

If I weren't so stubborn, I would have bailed on this book several times. The heavyhanded, preachy tone just does not work for me. Into the sell/donate pile, and on to the next one.

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llwheeler
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by coincidence, today I found a bookmark in the book I'm reading. maybe the previous owner found this book as difficult to get through as I am finding it... #bookmarks #booktober

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Balibee146
Morality Play | Barry Unsworth
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Travelling players, The Black Death, unsolved murders and priests on the run.....what's not to love.

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Balibee146
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It was now that it came to me - a lesson that was to be learned over again in the days that followed - that the player is always trapped in his own play but he must never allow the spectators to suspect this, they must always think that he is free. Thus the great art of the player is not showing but concealing.

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Balibee146
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This.....

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Balibee146
Morality Play | Barry Unsworth
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Love this cover!!