The Seven Deadly Sins in Fiction

(one book for each of the Seven Deadly Sins of Roman Catholic theology, arranged in the sins’ traditional order)

 

  • Pride: The Wandering Jew by Stefan Heym

  • Greed: What a Carve Up! [US title: The Winshaw Legacy] by Jonathan Coe

  • Lust: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

  • Envy: Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954, by Jeffrey Cartwright by Steven Millhauser

  • Gluttony: (dis)Comfort Food by Brad Carter

  • Wrath: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

  • Sloth: Laziness in the Fertile Valley by Albert Cossery

— November 19, 2021


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