The Devil's Advocate (Loyola Classics)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0829421564 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Devil’s Advocate, Morris West’s best-selling novel, is a vivid story of spiritual frailty, tenacious faith, and the power of goodness to prevail over despair. . Can this man be a saint? The Vatican sends Fr. From the Back CoverA 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 church wants to know the truth about Giacomo Nerone—possibly a martyr, cer
An engaging novel that offers an examination of ourselves. Morris West's--The Devil's Advocate--is a perennial literary classic thriller that is an intermixture of politics and religion, which explores the behind-the-process investigative scenes of Catholic saint making. But that is really only the backdrop to the totality of the story, for the real narrative deals with the world weary and cynical English devil's advocate, Fr. Blaise Meredith, a man who has been informed that due to an illness, his life expectancy ha. Rose Witer said Five Stars. Great Old book and was here fast. Faith And Foibles It is a fascinating tale of suffering, human failings, redemption and above all faith, set in Southern Italy during World War II. Monsignor Blaise Meredith, who is dying of cancer, has been assigned the most important task of his life to be a Devil's Advocate for beautification of Giacomo Nerone. He is sent to a small town in Calabria to investigate the life and death of this martyr. The story unfolds as the Monsignor interviews Nerone's widow, Nina Sanduzzi,
“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 sainthood. 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.