'Among the most beautiful books I've ever read' Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You Maggie is entirely devoted to her husband Thomas, their two beautiful children, and to God. But then what begins as innocent letter writing with poet James starts to become something far more erotically charged, their meeting of minds threatening to become a meeting of bodies. As everything Maggie believes in is thrown into doubt the reader is drawn ever deeper into the battleground of her soul. With bold intimacy, Fire Sermon offers an astonishing portrait of a marriage, and a celebration of the light and dark in love. 'Superb. Uncomfortable, ambiguous, erotic . . . first rate prose and an old-fashioned ability to tell a story.' Eimear McBride, author of The Lesser Bohemians 'Heartbreaking and gorgeous. A novel to be treasured.' Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane