num_pages: 448
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Devil's Advocate
titlecomplete: The Devil's Advocate (Loyola Classics)
genres: Religion, Historical Fiction, Australia, Thriller, Novels, Drama, Italy, Classics, Mystery, Fiction
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 Classics