The Deposition Of Father McGreevy

A haunting fiction from Brian O'Doherty about a poor and isolated Irish village where all the women of potentially child-bearing age mysteriously die.

"This priestly deposition develops into a grand examination of blind faith. The shiver at the end chills right down to the soul."  -  Times Literary Supplement

Returning to County Kerry, where he was born, post-war Irish exile William Maginn uncovers an astonishing tale about the tragedy of an increasingly isolated mountain village where all the women mysteriously die. The priest, Father McGreevy, struggles to cope with insoluble problems, whilst battling against the rough mountain elements, the grief and superstitions of his people, and the growing distrust of the town below.

"Both powerful and understated, reminiscent in more than one way of Conrad's Heart of Darkness... it is remarkable and haunting.:"  -  The Guardian

Brian O'Doherty is an Irish art critic, writer, artist, and academic who, following his emigration to the USA in 1957, established himself as an influential writer and critic. He is best known for his seminal essays, Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space (1976). He also writes novels, including The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P (1992) and The Crossdresser’s Secret (2014).