DEVILS ADVOCATE (Rei)
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 church wants to know the truth about Giacomo Nerone—possibly a  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 Nerone. 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.