Hyssop
By: Kevin McIlvoy.
Publisher: TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Male friendship -- Fiction.; Marriage -- Fiction.; Catholics -- Fiction.; Thieves -- Fiction.; Bishops -- Fiction.; Miracles -- Fiction.; Faith -- Fiction.; New Mexico -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: An octogenarian recounts his life, including a triangle involving him, his wife and a priest. The climax comes as Red Greet of New Mexico watches the priest administer last rites to his dying wife. The look between them says it all, but there is a consolation, his rival is his best friend and a saintly man.