FATHER HILARY'S HOLIDAY

by Bruce Marshall ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

The Mass in English, Lolita in Latin, that's the recipe for peace in our time."" One of the other newer looks is Franciscan Father Hilary, who leaves Nottinghamshire to attend a Congress in Santo Tomas. Its ""Liberator"" there (viz. dictator) is looking for a ""spiritual answer"" to Castro, really in the interests of his own personal survival. At one point in this irreverently reverent caper, Father Hilary observes: ""Didn't God write straight with crooked lines?"" Well, Father Hilary can weave a crooked line too or handle a Lambretta or a treble whisky. Down in Santo Tomas he manages to attend the Liberator's Casino-night club ""El Sexy,"" beat the tables, become a prime suspect, and finally achieve temporary peace in our time after a revolution breaks out.... Father Hilary, a Don Camillo-ish figure, wears a halo of humor and his story moves easily through pleasant shades of grace and disgrace.

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Publisher: Doubleday

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1965

Categories: FICTION