The Devil's Advocate
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Publisher Description
In an impoverished village in southern Italy, the enigmatic life and mysterious death of Giacomo Nerone has inspired talk of sainthood.
Father Blaise Meredith, a dying English priest, is sent by the Vatican to investigate. As he tries to untangle the web of facts, rumours and outright lies that surround Nerone, The Devil's Advocate reminds us how the power of goodness ultimately prevails over despair.
The Devil's Advocate was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the W.H. Heinemann Award of the Royal Society of Literature, and was made into a film. It sold three million copies in its first two years and remains one of Morris West's most popular novels.
'A reading experience of real emotional intensity.' The New York Times Book Review
'An engrossing story, expertly told, about a set of fascinating people.' Chicago Sunday Tribune
'Brilliant and deeply disturbing.' The Daily Telegraph
Customer Reviews
The devil’s advocate
This book is a mindbending document it would hurt no- one to read. “Feminists” may hate it, so may others,
But that is no excuse. Remember the time it was written! Give it your full attention with an open mind, then see what you have found.
I would like to add a little speculation:-
An English version of the name Giacomo Nerone would be James Black. Could it be, that Nerone, whose real name is never mentioned, but whose origin is given, is subtly suggested as being the lost, presumed dead, twin brother of Nicholas Black?