Crusaders

Richard T. Kelly

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN: 9780571282791

In 1996, just before the rise of New Labour, Reverend Gore returns to his native Newcastle charged with planting a new church in one of the city's rougher estates. As he settles into the local community, he becomes involved with Stevie, a local 'security consultant', Lindy, a street-wise single mother, and Martin, an ambitious local Labour MP. But these relationships draw Gore into a moral crisis in this extraordinary debut novel, driven by sharp social observation, darkly desperate humour and an undercurrent of impending violence.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• AUTHOR’S NOTE
• Table of Contents
• PROLOGUE
• Book One : THE REVEREND GORE
• Book Two : BIG STEVE
• Book Three : THE CHURCH OF ST LUKE’S
• Book Four : DR PALLISTER, MP
• Book Five : MELINDA
• Book Six : JUDGEMENTS
• EPILOGUE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• About the Author
• By the Same Author
• Copyright