Cold Heaven (novel)

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Cold Heaven
First edition
Author	Brian Moore
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	McClelland & Stewart
Publication date	1983
Pages	265
ISBN	ISBN 0-03-063257-9 ISBN 978-0-03-063257-0
OCLC	8907243

Cold Heaven is a novel by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore. It was published in 1983.

Plot

The plot concerns a lapsed Catholic, Marie Davenport, who is about to leave her husband Alex for her lover, Daniel, when Alex is apparently killed in a boating accident and then seems to have risen from the dead. The novel details Marie's dilemma in confronting this apparent miracle.

Film adaptation

The novel was made into a film in 1991. Directed by Nicolas Roeg, the adaptation stars Theresa Russell as Marie, Mark Harmon as Alex and James Russo as Daniel. The screenplay was written by Allan Scott.

External links

v t e Works by Brian Moore

Non-fiction	Canada (1963)

Screenplays	Dustin is Dustin (undated) The Goat (1964) The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) Torn Curtain (1966) Catholics (1973) The Blood of Others (1984) The Sight (1985) Control (Il giorno prima) (1987) The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (TV film, 1988) Black Robe (1991)

Plays	Catholics (1980)

Novels	Judith Hearne (1955) The Feast of Lupercal (1957) The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1960) An Answer from Limbo (1962) The Emperor of Ice-Cream (1965) I Am Mary Dunne (1968) Fergus (1970) The Revolution Script (1971) Catholics (1972) The Great Victorian Collection (1975) The Doctor's Wife (1976) The Mangan Inheritance (1979) The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (1981) Cold Heaven (1983) Black Robe (1985) The Colour of Blood (1987) Lies of Silence (1990) No Other Life (1993) The Statement (1995) The Magician's Wife (1997)

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