The Book of Bebb

The Book of Bebb
Cover of the first collected edition

Lion Country
Open Heart
Love Feast
Treasure Hunt
AuthorFrederick Buechner
LanguageEnglish
PublisherNew York: Atheneum
Published1971–1977
No. of books4
Preceded byThe Entrance to Porlock
Followed byGodric

The Book of Bebb is a tetralogy of novels by the American author and theologian, Frederick Buechner. Published in 1971 by Atheneum, New York, Lion Country is the first in the Book of Bebb series. It was followed by Open Heart (1972), Love Feast (1974), and Treasure Hunt (1977). In 1972 Lion Country was named a finalist in the National Book Award for Fiction. The Book of Bebb is an edited single volume edition containing the four novels, and it was published by Atheneum, New York, in 1979.

The Bebb novels revolve around the figure of Leo Bebb, a clergyman with a shady past, and are narrated by his son-in-law, Antonio Parr.


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