Morality Play
by Barry Unsworth
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Author: Barry UnsworthEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-09-17
ISBN: 0393315606
Number of pages: 206
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Book Review: 'All the world's a stage..'
Summary: 4 Stars
I wasn't sure about this book in the beginning, but I love historical mysteries, so I tried it out. The narrator, Nicholas Barber, is a former priest who walked away from his place and joined a group of travelling players--remarkable for a time when you were born to a social station and stayed there all your life. That is, in fact, a recurring theme--being trapped in a role, escaping from it, choosing the part you play in your own life.
The mystery, which centers around the murder of a young boy, is interesting--true mystery lovers will probably figure out the ending long before the narrator does. But the surrounding story of Nicholas's development as a person and of the accused goat girl was interesting enough to keep me reading. Overall, it was a satisfying book.
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