I wonder if this was the same agent who handled Read's On the Third Day, to which the fundamental tenet of Catholicism - the resurrection - is central. (I just read it; it is an intensely moving book.) As for The Death of a Pope, that's about a Papal election, something that draws headlines all over the world - in other words, an aspect of Catholicism that just about everybody is interested in. Get a new agent, Piers, one a little more in touch with reality.
Here is a snippet from On the Third Day:
Here is a snippet from On the Third Day:
''We all lose sight of God from time to time. He withdraws.''Why?''Perhaps to teach us that he is a person, not an attitude of mind.'
Frank,
ReplyDeleteThis is my first visit to your blog. That's a wonderful quote from the book, On the Third Day, particularly that bit that God is "not an attitude of mind."
Well, thank you for coming by, Edna. The book is simply wonderful.
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