The edge of sadness Author:Edwin O'Connor This is the story of a middle-aged priest and the several worlds in which he finds himself: the exuberant, turbulent, bubbling Irish-american world in which he was born and raised, and the far different somber silent shabby world to which his life has taken him....Comedy and pathos, love and despair, loneliness and compassion, a sense of human l... more »onging and of human frailty make The Ede of Sadness an unforgettable reading experience.« less