The Devil's Advocate
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work of twentieth-century literary fiction, The Devil's Advocate follows Blaise Meredith, a dying Catholic priest and Vatican official dispatched to a remote village in southern Italy to investigate the case for sainthood of a man named Giacomo Nerone. As Meredith uncovers the tangled lives of the villagers — their secrets, sins, and desperate hopes — he is forced to confront his own spiritual emptiness and the meaning of his impending death. Morris West writes with quiet moral authority, weaving a richly atmospheric portrait of post-war rural Italy against a backdrop of profound theological inquiry. The novel argues that true faith is not found in institutional certainty but in the raw, human struggle for grace, making it as spiritually urgent today as when it was first published. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, The Devil's Advocate remains one of the most celebrated and enduring works in Australian literature.
Author: Morris West
Format: Paperback
Published: 1962, Pan Books
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work of twentieth-century literary fiction, The Devil's Advocate follows Blaise Meredith, a dying Catholic priest and Vatican official dispatched to a remote village in southern Italy to investigate the case for sainthood of a man named Giacomo Nerone. As Meredith uncovers the tangled lives of the villagers — their secrets, sins, and desperate hopes — he is forced to confront his own spiritual emptiness and the meaning of his impending death. Morris West writes with quiet moral authority, weaving a richly atmospheric portrait of post-war rural Italy against a backdrop of profound theological inquiry. The novel argues that true faith is not found in institutional certainty but in the raw, human struggle for grace, making it as spiritually urgent today as when it was first published. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, The Devil's Advocate remains one of the most celebrated and enduring works in Australian literature.