An Irish ex-Catholic sets out to discover the faith that compels more Europeans than any other religion. Beginning with a haunting description of the cathedral in the Irish provincial town where he grew up, Toibin sets off on a quest that takes him (amongst other places) to Poland with the Pope for a vast celebration of authoritarian belief; to wartime Croatia where the Virgin appears to her visionaries; to Spain and the ancient pilgrimage route of Santiago de la Compostela; to Slovakia, the world's newest Catholic state; to Glasgow for a Celtic match; and to England to interview new converts disturbed by women priests. Unaffected, human and written with a light touch, this book is a prism of the Catholic faith in Europe today.
- ISBN10 0224037676
- ISBN13 9780224037679
- Publish Date 6 October 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 July 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English