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The Sin-Eater: A Breviary

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The Sin-Eater: A Breviary

Argyle eased the warm loaf right and left
and downed swift gulps of beer and venial sin
then lit into the bread now leavened with
the corpses's cardinal mischiefs, then he said
"Six pence, I'm sorry." and the widow paid him.

So opens the unsantioned priesthood of The Sin-Eater: A Breviary - Thomas Lynch's collection of two dozen, twenty-four line poems - a book of hours in the odd life and times of Argyle, the sin-eater. Celtic and druidic, scapegoat and outlier, a fixture in the funerary landscape of former centuries, Argyle's doubt-ridden witness seems entirely relevant to our difficult times. By turns worshipful and irreverent, good-humoried and grim, these poems examine the deeper meanings of Eucharist and grace, forgiveness and faith, atonement and reconciliation.

Country	USA
Author	Thomas Lynch
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781612612607
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Paraclete Press
Manufacturer	Paraclete Press
NumberOfPages	84
PublicationDate	2013-02-01
Publisher	Paraclete Press
ReleaseDate	2013-02-01
Studio	Paraclete Press

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