KILROY, THOMAS. — The Big Chapel.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1971. 1st edition. The Big Chapel was shortlisted for the 1971 Booker Prize and winner of 1971 the Guardian Fiction Prize. It is a novel about a man, a family and a town. Basing his work upon a notorious clerical scandal of Victorian Ireland. An anatomy of religious violence that remains relevant. Pp.254, a few light spots to closed page edges. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has small tear to top of spine and minor wear to front fore-edge. VG/VG.