The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, November 1st, 2003
The Boom Economy: Or, Scenes from Clerical Life by Brian Bouldrey Terrace Books/Univ. of Wisconsin Press. 294 pages, $24.95
DENNIS Bacchus, the main character of Brian Bouldrey's new novel, The Boom Economy, wants to become a priest. When a character with such spiritual ambitions is named after the Roman god of wine and celebration, one can't help but expect the author to take on the conflict between worldliness and spirituality as his main theme. Such an expectation will be fulfilled, but there's more to this novel than the story of one man's quest for God.
The story begins and ends in Br...
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