The Unspeakable A Novel
The Unspeakable by Charles L. Calia is a novel published by HarperCollins on December 16, 1998. This first edition spans 224 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows two priests, Peter Whitmore and Jim Marbury, whose lives intersect in unexpected ways. Whitmore, tasked with investigating Marbury, confronts the complexities of their past friendship and the mysterious circumstances surrounding Marbury’s current state, including his muteness and rumored healing powers.
Readers will find a story that delves into themes of faith, friendship, and the nature of belief. As Whitmore grapples with his investigation, he must discern the truth behind Marbury’s experiences and the extraordinary events that have shaped his life. The novel explores the intersection of the mystical and the mundane, inviting readers to reflect on the boundaries of reality and delusion. Through its engaging characters and thought-provoking plot, The Unspeakable presents a rich exploration of the human experience within a literary framework.
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The Unspeakable tells the story of two men, both priests, whose strange and divergent paths collide. Peter Whitmore, an administrator for the Diocese of St. Paul, is asked to investigate and ultimately discredit a priest who, it is rumored, possesses a remarkable power — the power to heal.
The priest in question, Jim Marbury, is no stranger to Whitmore. He is an old friend, a seminary roommate, and a spiritual mentor whom Whitmore has not seen in more than twenty years. But much has changed. Always somewhat unconventional, Marbury is now mute, speaking only in sign language, his voice reportedly stolen by God on a trip that he took through western Pennsylvania. On that same journey, in a snowstorm that nobody can verify, Marbury encountered a terrible car accident and a family who changed his life irrevocably.
Marbury gets drawn into a world he did not expect — a world where the past repeats itself, where the mystical is not in a book but alive and breathing. And now Whitmore, his old friend, has to decide for himself which events are really the hand of God and which are the delusions of Marbury gone mad.
“Suspenseful… The characters, especially Whitmore, are originally vivid…” –Publishers Weekly.
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