The Devil's Advocate
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"A superior novel, intricately worked out at several levels of human and spiritual quest . . . beautiful and impassioned."--"Commonweal" "A reading experience of real emotional intensity."--"The New York Times" "A unique cloak-and-dagger drama of the human soul."--"Saturday Review" "The Devil's Advocate, "Morris West's best-selling novel, is a deft exploration of the meaning of faith. In an impoverished village in southern Italy, the life and death of Giacamo Nerone has inspired talk of saint-hood. Father Blaise Meredith, a dying English priest, is sent from the Vatican to investigate--and to try to untangle the web of facts, rumors, and outright lies that surround Nerone's life and death. With spiritual frailty as a backdrop, "The Devil's Advocate" reminds us how the power of goodness ultimately prevails over despair.
Author: Morris L West
Format: Paperback, 430 pages, 128mm x 179mm, 336 g
Published: 2005, Loyola Press, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
"A superior novel, intricately worked out at several levels of human and spiritual quest . . . beautiful and impassioned."--"Commonweal" "A reading experience of real emotional intensity."--"The New York Times" "A unique cloak-and-dagger drama of the human soul."--"Saturday Review" "The Devil's Advocate, "Morris West's best-selling novel, is a deft exploration of the meaning of faith. In an impoverished village in southern Italy, the life and death of Giacamo Nerone has inspired talk of saint-hood. Father Blaise Meredith, a dying English priest, is sent from the Vatican to investigate--and to try to untangle the web of facts, rumors, and outright lies that surround Nerone's life and death. With spiritual frailty as a backdrop, "The Devil's Advocate" reminds us how the power of goodness ultimately prevails over despair.