The Vicar of Christ
By: Walter F. Murphy.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 632
Description: What makes this book extraordinary is that it proves itself by paradox -- reconciling and weaving together strong, seemingly incompatible elements into a cohesive, memorable work quite unlike any other in recent fiction. Ambitious in length and scope, the stage is nothing less than the contemporary world, its recent history and prophecy; while the focus, from several points of view, is clearly upon a single man -- an American -- who rises to become Bishop of Rome.