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The Conduct of Saints - Davis, Christopher
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The war in Europe is over, and Rome is under the jurisdiction of the Allied Control Commission. Brendan Doherty, an American Vatican prelate and lawyer, is involved in two crusades. Although he feels guilty for having done too little to save the city's Jews from Auschwitz, he means to avert the execution of a Nazi collaborator. He also intends to prove the hypocrisy of Alessandro Serenelli, a man who has spent his life, in prison and out, promoting the beatification of a child martyr. Dohertymemory tormented, hard drinking, a moral street fighter for what he is sure is rightmust come to a…mehr

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The war in Europe is over, and Rome is under the jurisdiction of the Allied Control Commission. Brendan Doherty, an American Vatican prelate and lawyer, is involved in two crusades. Although he feels guilty for having done too little to save the city's Jews from Auschwitz, he means to avert the execution of a Nazi collaborator. He also intends to prove the hypocrisy of Alessandro Serenelli, a man who has spent his life, in prison and out, promoting the beatification of a child martyr. Dohertymemory tormented, hard drinking, a moral street fighter for what he is sure is rightmust come to a reckoning with himself and with the unshakable saint-maker Serenelli.
Autorenporträt
Christopher Davis has taught creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr College, and other schools. He is presently senior lecturer emeritus in the arts at Bryn Mawr College. He has published numerous works of fiction, nonfiction, and children's literature, as well as articles and short stories in national and foreign publications. He also has produced a play based on his novel A Peep into the 20th Century. He has held a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts grants, and a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant. He is a recipient of the National Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Career Award.