Sincerity : How a moral ideal born five hundred years ago inspired religious wars, modern art, hipster chic, and the curious notion that we all have something to say (no matter how dull) Condition:Good "A horrifyingly comic novel of

"A horrifyingly comic novel of ideas with its fingers jammed into the light-socket of the age" — Guardian

It ends tragically

If you've always thought of Heaven as a realm of disembodied spirits

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