description: From the back of the book"The Church wants to know the truth about Giacomo Nerone - possible martyr, certainly a military deserter and father of an illegitimate child. Can this man be a saint? The Vatican sends Fr. Blaise Meredith, a mortally ill English priest, to an impoverished post-war Italian village to untangle the web of facts, rumors, lies and myths that surround the life and death of the mysterious Neron. 
title: The Devil's Advocate
titlecomplete: The Devil's Advocate
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Classics, Religion, Drama, Italy, Historical Fiction, Australia, Novels
ratings_count: 2178
awards: awardedAt: -347126400000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -315590400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -347126400000
name: W.H. Heinemann Award
publisher: Loyola Press