Wheat that springeth green

by J. F. Powers

Blurb

Wheat That Springeth Green is J. F. Powers's last novel. It chronicles the childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of Joe Hackett, a Midwestern Catholic who becomes a priest and dreams of being a saint. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1988, reprinted by Pocket Books in 1990, and republished by The New York Review of Books in 2000.

First Published

1988

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