| Title | : | The Broken Place |
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| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0070563772 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780070563773 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 239 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1968 |
Returning home from the Korean War, Tom McClain feels alienated from his family and old friends, and finds his only solace in boxing.
The Broken Place Reviews
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p 194-195
The priest had led a very sheltered life. McClain listened to all this with compassionate numbness. There was something about parental obligations. Then the priest had taken orders. He was nearly thirty when he became a priest, and right after that he went into the service, and he had stayed in for almost ten years, counting the war, and it was astonishing how far away you were from reality in the Army.
p 195He watched the priest. A man of kind heart. It had not occurred to him that priests could weaken in this way. He felt a new friendliness, an awkward kinship.
