Wheat That Springeth Green

J. F. Powers. Washington Square Press, $8.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-68221-7

Set in the late 1960s, this superb novel tells of the awakening of middle-aged, Midwestern priest Joe Hackett. With brilliant use of the telling detail and an unerring ear for dialogue, ``Powers succeeds in conveying the nuts and bolts of a clergyman's life even as he illuminates the hidden corners of his soul,'' lauded PW. (Feb.)

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