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The Minstrel Boy (novel)The Minstrel Boy (also published under the title Desmonde) is a 1975 novel by A. J. Cronin.

The Minstrel Boy AuthorA. J. CroninCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishPublisherGollancz (UK) Little, Brown (US)1975Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)Pages285 pp. (UK hardback edition)ISBN0-575-01972-7

Plot
The story concerns the life of a young priest called Desmonde Fitzgerald. In his seminary he is noted for his magnificent singing voice, his practical jokes and his good looks which make him inordinately attractive to women. In his first clerical posting in Ireland, the lady of the manor falls in love with him, but he is seduced by her niece, whom he later marries. He becomes a musician and lives in poverty in Dublin, where his wife deserts him and later dies in Switzerland. After a period in Spain he is given a second chance and becomes a missionary to India, where he again risks becoming involved with a rich local woman but this time escapes. The book contains the classic Cronin features of human weakness and failure with ultimate redemption.

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