THE JUDAS FIGURES

by Audrey Erskine Lindop ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 20, 1956

Evil perpetuated in a dead man's name is the fight to the finish that confronts Father Keogh, who has been wounded in a meeting with Malo (Dad-One-of-the-Cats) and his followers. Father Marcelino Dominguez Laques y Alonso, young and dignified, is ent to help him in his recovery and becomes the butt of Malo's successor, Vito, who carries on Malo's seven years' influence for evil. Father Keogh proves that Malo is dead but the things that happen seem to prove his spirit is still potent until the town of Quantana becomes paralyzed physically as well as spiritually. Father Lasques is forced to leave to avoid being poisoned and his disappearance is the crisis that leaves Father Keogh alone in his faith, for Vito and his followers have been jailed and still threats are carried out. With the coming of Good Friday and despair he is saved by the Judas figures, representing Vito and his boys, which bring his people back to the faith. Mexico as a battle-front of Christianity highlights this problem in its many personal, cultural, indigenous aspects and continues the story begun in The Singer Not The Song (1953 and a Literary Guild choice.)

Pub Date: April 20, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1956

Categories: FICTION