The Devil's Advocate (Large Print 16pt) (Paperback)(Large Print)

from Smiley

A Vatican bound English Catholic priest is told he is terminally ill. The novel reveals how he decides to spend his last days investigating a proposal for sainthood in a small, postwar Italian village with a secret.

from Schmerguls

708. The Devil's Advocate, by Morris L. West (read 9 Sep 1962)(James Tait Black Memorial fiction prize for 1959) I found this to be a good book, but apparently I did no post-reading note on it.

from Elpaca

Old fashioned story telling at its best. I thought it was well ahead of it's time in theme since it was published in 1959 when we were not questioning the residual effects of war, , written incredibly well. A very good insight to war and it's aftermath for a civilian group that is just trying to ...

from Smiley

A Vatican bound English Catholic priest is told he is terminally ill. The novel reveals how he decides to spend his last days investigating a proposal for sainthood in a small, postwar Italian village with a secret.

from liamfoley

Sadly, for many people the only truly admirable priests the meet are in the pages of fiction. When one starts to read Morris West's novel The Devil's Advocate one may be disappointed. Despite his illness Meredith is not a very sympathetic figure. ordained to be a priest of God he has spent his ca...