The Judas Tree

This article is about the novel. For the Jonathan Creek episode, see The Judas Tree (Jonathan Creek). For other uses, see Judas Tree (disambiguation).

The Judas Tree
First US edition
AuthorA. J. Cronin
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGollancz (UK)
Little, Brown (USA)
Publication date
1961
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover & paperback)
Pages345 pp. (UK hardcover edition)
ISBN0-450-01393-6 (UK hardcover)

The Judas Tree is a 1961 novel by A. J. Cronin. It is considered one of the author's finest works and demonstrated a keen understanding of sin.[1] Cronin described the book as "a complete dissection of a supreme egoist - a well-intentioned man who, through psychological and sociological influences, develops into a weak and self-indulgent heel who brings disaster on three different women and is himself destroyed by the fourth."[2]

  1. ^ O'Mahony, S (2012). "AJ Cronin and The Citadel". J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 22 (2): 172–8. doi:10.4997/JRCPE.2012.218. PMID 22693705.
  2. ^ Davies, Alan (2011). A.J. Cronin. Surrey: Alma Books. pp. 210. ISBN 9781846881121.