True Confessions lost souls

True Confessions lost soulsIn 1940s Los Angeles, an unidentified murder victim is found bisected in a shadowy lot. A catchy nickname is given her in jest"The Virgin Tramp"and suddenly a "nice little homicide that would have drifted off the front pages in a couple of days" becomes a storm center. Two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy, are at the heart of this powerful novel of Irish Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II. Played in the film version by Robert

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philosophy has a great deal to learn

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he had no idea what was about to happen

Kit has horrible dreams of a red room

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he needs to find a way to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art

and the price of his salvation may be more than he's willing to pay