There are some wonderful characters in this satirical book set in a northern parish in the 1950s: the priest who has lost his faith, eccentric nuns, plus supernatural happenings and awakening love amongst strange institutional rituals. The community is shaken by the arrival of a stranger - the very devil himself or an angel and saviour? Absurdly funny yet thought provoking and surprisingly short for Mantel!
(Mary Standing - bwl 73 Summer 2014 ) |
